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Search results for "Narcotics" ...
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Home Sweet Meth Home
"In Mississippi, former meth homes can be bought and sold without the new owners ever knowing about their home's drug manufacturing history."
Tags: home; house; ownership; meth; crystal meth; narcotics; cleanup laws; public health; family;
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The "Bupe" Fix
"This three-part, multimedia series examined the U.S. government's role in helping to bring the drug buprenorphine to market as a treatment for addiction to heroin and other narcotics and the consequences of those decisions. The series found that the drug, though widely hailed by many specialists in the field as a highly effective treatment, is beginning to cause the sorts of problems it was intended to displace."
Tags: heroin; addiction; buprenorphine; drugs; narcotics; drug abuse
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Afghan Poppies and US Policy
"What had been a bright spot in the war on terror, the ouster of the Taliban and the effort to build a democratic Afghanistan, is in jeopardy, partly because an exploding drug trade is funding and fueling the insurgency while undermining efforts to bring order and economic development to Afghanistan. We investigated U.S. efforts to curb the illicit narcotics industry and found major problems, some because of flawed policies, some because of the incredible complexity of the problem, some due to inherent contradictions between fighting terrorism and fighting drugs in Afghanistan."
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Getting Away with Murder?
The authors investigated the death of Barbara Yaklich in 1977 that had been ruled as natural. But as the investigation delved deeper suspicions were raised about the possibility that this woman had been murdered by her husband, a local narcotics detective. The man, Dennis Yaklich, had been killed by his second wife in 1985, who claimed she had been the victim of severe spousal abuse, at that time not a valid defense.
Tags: domestic violence; spousal abuse; Barbara Yaklich; Donna Yaklich; Dennis Yaklich; murder; Department of Corrections; Pueblo County Sheriffs Department
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The Untouchable Narco-State: Guatemala's military defies the DEA
This investigation shows the extent of the role that the Guatemalan military plays in the country's drug trafficking industry. The author found that the military is highly involved in the drug trade, and that pressure from the US Drug Enforcement Administration is not enough to curtail their involvement.
Tags: FOIA; corruption; drugs; narcotics; DEA; cocaine; foreign relations; Guatemala; military corruption
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Dangerous Doses: How Counterfeiters are Contaminating America's Drug Supply
Eban writes about how medicine available from seemingly trustworthy sources like pharmacies and hospitals is sometimes not safe. The book shows how stolen, expired, mishandled or adulterated medicine cans still make their way into pharmacies and hospitals because they are passed through several other companies who buy and sell to one another. These companies sometimes have ties to drug traffickers and organized crime.
Tags: FDA; Food and Drug Administration; narcotics; hospitals; doctors; pharmaceuticals; pharmaceutical companies; drug dealers; Medicaid; Medicare; Mafia; business; prescription drugs; doctors; pharmacists; Operation Cold Stone
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The Pain Train
This investigation explores the abuse of prescription drugs paid for by taxpayers. Specifically, it found that people enrolled in TennCare (the state's version of Medicaid) would get free narcotics which they could then turn around and sell to addicts on the street. Not only do the taxpayers cover the initial expense of the drugs, but they also pay for the people who die from or overdose on prescription drugs.
Tags: Medicaid; hospital; narcotics; Dilaudid; TennCare; Medicaid; addiction; morphine; drug-dealers; DEA; Computer Assisted Reporting; FOIA
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Something is Killing our Police
Utah police in the 1980's and 1990's were trained to bust meth labs and handle chemicals without using any safety equipment. Now, the officers who were exposed to the hazardous materials are suffering severe illness and even dying much earlier than they should be.
Tags: TAPE; TRANSCRIPT; police; cop; law enforcement; meth; health; safety; cancer; narcotic; chemical
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Generation Meth
"Generation Meth tackled the skyrocketing use of meth among Utah women and exposed the state's inadequate response to this epidemic...The series examined how meth addiction burdens Utah's courts, prisons, police agencies and child welfare systems.
Tags: drug use; narcotics; methamphetamine; child welfare; child abuse; health and human services
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Wheeler Dealer: How Minnesota Cops and the War on Drugs Made a Successful Entrepreneur out of a Small-Time Hustler and Snitch Named Michael Felix
This article tells how a police informant actually abused his protected position and profited from selling drugs himself. The whole time that the police thought he was buying drugs to track down dealers, he was actually dealing them, right across the street from a school. His presence wrecked havoc on the community of Detroit Lakes.
Tags: drugs; narcotics; addiction; dealers; marijuana; methamphetamine; DEA