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It wasn’t heroin; it was an ingredient in ecstacy
It wasn’t heroin, it was 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine.
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Search warrant yields heroin, arrests
Officers with the Eureka Police Department’s Problem Oriented Policing Unit executed a search warrant Tuesday on a vehicle near 7th and H streets in Eureka, believed to be involved in a heroin sales investigation.
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Heroin worth Rs 4 crore recovered, 3 held
Gurdaspur (Punjab), Aug 27 (PTI) Police recovered 700gms of heroin having a value of Rs four crore in international market and arrested three persons in connection with the seizure in this border district.
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120 kilograms of heroin seized
ATHENS — Greek police have seized 120 kilograms of heroin hidden inside a truck in the Igumenitsa port.
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Man’s meth stash found in parent’s shed
An Opp man was arrested Thursday after he confessed to hiding his meth stash inside his parent’s shed. Charles Shane Bailey, 40, was first spotted by Opp police officers at the Jr. Mart on West Cummings Avenue, said Paul Hudson, Drug Task Force agent. He said Investigator Mark Kyser knew Bailey was wanted on a previous manufacturing [...]
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Meth seizure largest in U.S. history
Investigators are calling last week’s seizure of an estimated 0 million in methamphetamine from a Gilroy home the country’s biggest meth bust on record. “We cannot find a larger seizure of methamphetamine anywhere in the history of the United States – anywhere,” said Sacramento County Sheriff John McGinness at a press conference held Tuesday in Sacramento. “So this is big.” So far, eight …
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Rehab Center Sees Rise In Meth Addicts
Meth cannot only be dangerous for those cooking it, but also for those addicted to it.
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New Haven Heroin Bust
Police arrested three individuals and seized 700 bags of heroin on Wednesday, following an investigation that found large quanities of the drug being dealt throughout the city.
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Sheriff: Parents Sold Heroin With Baby In Tow
A Mount Orab couple was arrested Thursday for heroin trafficking, Brown County Sheriff Dwayne Wenninger said.
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Crack: The New Drug Epidemic + The Virgin Soldiers

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Egg farmer in current recall battled Maryland over facilities
The Iowa egg farmer at the center of a nationwide outbreak of salmonella illness tangled in the past with the state of Maryland, where he once ran two massive facilities and was charged with violating a quarantine by selling contaminated eggs. United States – Maryland – Egg – Cooking – Home
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Youth troubles may weigh down thailand’s bounce back
NA CHUEAK, Thailand – Three months ago, images of protesters battling the military in the streets of Bangkok seized the world’s attention. Now, by some measures, Thailand is bouncing back: The country…
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Health Highlights: Aug. 24, 2010
Title: Health Highlights: Aug. 24, 2010 Category: Health News Created: 8/24/2010 12:10:00 PM Last Editorial Review: 8/25/2010
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Prescription drug abuse expanding
Authorities say the man had a prescription in his name for every pill he had. All 5,000 of them.
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Walsh’s drug watchdog plan now law
LYNN – Stronger prescription monitoring is the goal behind legislation authored by state Rep. Steven Walsh, D-Lynn, and signed Friday by Gov. Deval Patrick.
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Lilly Halts Dosing In Phase III Alzheimer’s Disease Drug Trial Of Semagacestat
The Alzheimer’s Association is disappointed to learn of the negative interim results from the Phase III clinical trial of Semagacestat. People with Alzheimer’s urgently need more and better treatment options for this devastating, fatal brain disease. That said, the Alzheimer’s Association remains optimistic about the future prospects for earlier detection of Alzheimer’s, better treatments and …
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‘Meth Chef’ busted in Lebanon
An Indiana man is facing charges after police found Meth and the materials to make more inside his Lebanon home. Read more at www.WISHTV.com
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Backpack Meth starts showing up in eastern Kentucky
Police call it a disturbing trend that’s making its way to our region.
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Meth found as woman tries to go to court
The phrase “don’t leave home without it” doesn’t apply here.Merced County sher
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Coming Sunday: Crime, drug trafficking draw attention to border
AUSTIN – Perhaps no place in America is more talked about and more misunderstood than the southern border with Mexico.
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Mexico’s former foreign minister speaks about drug war in Reynosa
Mexico’s former Foreign Minister Jorge Castañeda was in Reynosa today where he criticized Mexican President Felipe Calderon’s war on drugs and the possibility of legalizing drugs south of the border.
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Montebello driven out to Mexican drug heartland, where mayor was slain
Fr Makr Montebello describes his three-month period of reflection in Saltillo a “privilege”. Church sends outspoken Dominican priest Fr Mark Montebello to Mexican drug war heartland, Saltillo.
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Heroin’s death toll; three suspected Santa Barbara overdoses in one week
Sparking fears that a new, more potent strain of heroin is available on the streets, three people in Santa Barbara have died this week from a suspected heroin overdose.
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Man accused as heroin ringleader captured
An Aurora man who federal agents say was head of a Chicago heroin ring has been captured. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Dana Bostic, 31, of the 2700 block of Amli Drive in Aurora, was arrested late last week by the U.S. Marshall Service.
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Heroin ‘thrown from other flat’
Two alleged drug dealers were unwittingly caught as police raided a neighbouring flat, a court hears.
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Drug-mix warning as 81 die in Lothian
THERE have been fresh warnings over the danger of mixing drugs as the latest death toll showed 81 lives were lost in the Lothians last year.
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2010 National Teen Survey Finds: More Than One Quarter of Public School Students Attend Gang- and Drug-Infected Schools
Public Schools Much Likelier To Be Drug- And Gang-Infected Than Private And Religious Schools
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Education, intervention, treatment key
Questions on opiate addiction came in faster than they could be answered during an online video chat Monday.
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