Mexico's Drug Traffickers Aid in Consumer Nation, Increase in Country's Addicts
Mexico's drug traffickers aid in consumer nation, increase in country's addicts
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A decade ago, drug rehabilitation professionals say they mostly attended to older patients whose addictions began in their 20s, and tobacco, alcohol, and marijuana were the most common drugs. Although these substances … In the capital, at-risk youth …
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Anecdotal evidence drives synthetic drug debate
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But the drug abuse council sees few cases first hand, Bronaugh said: just 20 cases in the San Angelo, Midland and Odessa region in the last six months. Mostly, councilors hear about the problem through community stakeholders and its outreach work, like …
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For some recovering addicts in Prescott, basketball's part of saving grace
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Playing basketball for these guys, many of whom are ages 18-25, helps them take another positive step in an often-painful recovery from substance abuse. Several of the Phillies are residents at A Sober Way Home (ASWH), … He said he's now been sober …
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Iran grapples with drug problem – Mahmoud Ahmedinejad, the Iranian president, has proposed a budget estimated at 8bn for 2011, with a promise that spending will focus on agriculture, education and research. It is unclear how much of this budget will go on tackling the nation’s rising drug problem, though opium continues to pour into the country from neighbouring Afghanistan. In the last 10 months, Al Jazeera correspondent Alireza Ronaghi reports that police have seized over 400 tonnes of drugs and have lost dozens of police officers in the attempt to eradicate drug abuse in the Iranian capital, Tehran. Now some public security officials are saying the effort to chase and arrest drug dealers and users is almost pointless in the face of the sheer quantity of narcotics brought into the capital city every day. At a conference on drug control in Tehran this week, Brigadier-General Hamidreza Hosseinabadi, head of Iran’s anti-drug task force, criticised international organisations and Western powers for their lack of co-operation. “Those who chase terrorists in Afghanistan, they have left drug traffickers free. “I think they even guide traffickers. They allow a fifty percent increase of drug production in Afghanistan’s Helmand province, where the head quarters of British forces is located. What does that mean?” Hosseinabadi asked. Antonino De Leo, the representative of UN office on Drugs and Crime in Iran, says he is eager to help but his hands are tied. “Our technical assistance programme … is funded by …