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Drug Rehabs: Mexican Drug Gangs Using More Children as ‘mules’ – Seattle Post Intelligencer

Mexican drug gangs using more children as ‘mules’ – Seattle Post Intelligencer
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Mexican drug gangs using more children as 'mules'
Seattle Post Intelligencer
OMAR MILLAN, AP In this March 6, 2012 photo, people at the CIRAD drug rehabilitation center attend a group meeting in Tijuana, Mexico. In a relatively new phenomenon, young people are increasingly being used as "mules," or distributors for drug
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Drug Rehabs: Mexican Drug Gangs Using More Children as ‘mules’ – Atlanta Journal Constitution

Mexican drug gangs using more children as ‘mules’ – Atlanta Journal Constitution
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Atlanta Journal Constitution
Mexican drug gangs using more children as 'mules'
Atlanta Journal Constitution
He never met his father, worked as a child, was hired by a gang to sell drugs and then got addicted to them. In this March 6, 2012 photo, people sit at a table as they separate beans for a meal at the CIRAD drug… Continue reading

Drug Abuse: Drug Abuse Arrests Up 13%, More Start Younger: CNB – Straits Times

Drug abuse arrests up 13%, more start younger: CNB – Straits Times
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The number of drug abusers arrested last year shot up 13 per cent, said the Central Narcotics Bureau, due to ‘intensified enforcement efforts’. The drug enforcement agency said in an annual report released on Friday that it had nabbed 3,265 drug …
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Celebrity Culture Accused Of Boosting the Trend of Drug Abuse – TopNews United States
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Drug Abuse: Drug Addiction May Make Users More Vulnerable to Stress

Drug Addiction May Make Users More Vulnerable to Stress
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Mood disorders such as depression are known to increase drug abuse risk. Yet mounting evidence suggests that substance abuse also makes people more vulnerable to depression and the negative effects of stress, according to Eric J. Nestler, chair of neuroscience at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. He and his team reported new details about the link between depression and drug abuse… Continue reading

Dual Diagnosis Inpatient: Brookwood Medical Center to Seek 19 More Beds in Psychiatric Department

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Brookwood Medical Center to seek 19 more beds in psychiatric department
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The additional beds likely would be dedicated to care for older patients, and a "dual diagnosis unit" would be relocated from the new psychiatric department to the main hospital to make room for them, Preston said. The reorganization would require only …
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U.S. v. RIEKENBERG
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Teen Drug Rehab: New Laws, More Treatment Both Needed in Drug Fight, Former Users Say – Tulsa World

New laws, more treatment both needed in drug fight, former users say – Tulsa World
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New laws, more treatment both needed in drug fight, former users say
Tulsa World
But people who have lived in the meth culture say that if the state really wanted to do something about the problem, then it would stop locking up addicts and start spending money on the cheaper alternative – drug treatment.… Continue reading