Passenger caught with 2kg 'ya ice'
Passenger caught with 2kg 'ya ice'
PHUKET — A Thai woman has been arrested for allegedly trying to smuggle crystal methamphetamine, or "ice", worth seven million baht into Thailand from Hong Kong. Buachompoo Pattanapiyawatch, 50, was presented at a news conference at Phuket … Read more on Bangkok Post
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Maine House and Senate to Vote on Putting Marijuana Legalization Before State …
Maine House and Senate to Vote on Putting Marijuana Legalization Before State …
Corey Wilson have crafted a compromise proposal in committee that would address many of the hard-drug addiction issues Maine faces, while putting marijuana legalization on the ballot before Maine voters. Their proposal would create a three-legged stool… Continue reading
Photos showed smiling drug dealer counting all her cash
Photos showed smiling drug dealer counting all her cash
KITCHENER — Smugly celebrating her success came back to haunt a Waterloo drug dealer after she got caught with more than $ 13,000 worth of crystal methamphetamine last year. Along with the highly addictive substance, police seized a cellphone … Read more… Continue reading
Doctors, medical staff on drugs put patients at risk
Doctors, medical staff on drugs put patients at risk
Various studies suggest the number could be far higher; an estimated one in 10 practitioners will fall into drug or alcohol abuse at some point in their lives, mirroring the general population. • Easily hidden: Safeguards to detect … Poorly policed… Continue reading
Battle against heroin being fought on many fronts
Battle against heroin being fought on many fronts
Finding additional long-term treatment beds, creating a detox center and taking advantage of a little-used law that allows parents or spouses to force their drug-addicted family members to get help are just a few of the projects Butler County leaders … Read… Continue reading
Increasing drug trade, violence mar positive effects of Bakken boom
Increasing drug trade, violence mar positive effects of Bakken boom
But the bonanza suddenly flourishing here has also brought with it a dark side: a growing trade in meth, heroin, cocaine and marijuana, the shadow of sinister cartels and newfound violence. Small-town police forces have been struggling to keep pace.… Continue reading