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    The federal government estimates one in 10 healthcare workers experience substance use disorder. There is rising concern that medical professionals are stealing powerful opioid pain medications meant for their patients.
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    Some Health Workers Suffering From Addiction Steal Drugs Meant For Patients

    Oct 05, 2020
    The Drug Enforcement Agency relies on hospitals to identify nurses and doctors who misuse drugs such as morphine and fentanyl. But "only a fraction of those who are diverting drugs are ever caught."
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    This year the Drug Enforcement Administration is accepting electronic vaping devices (provided any lithium ion batteries are removed) during its annual National Prescription Drug Take Back Day event.
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    Want To Get Rid Of Your Vaping Device? The DEA Will Take It

    Oct 25, 2019
    Amid growing concerns over e-cigarette health risks, the Drug Enforcement Administration says it will collect vaping devices and cartridges at National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday.
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    A report from the Human Rights Watch makes the case that federal law enforcers, police, and local prosecutors are concealing the origins of evidence and intelligence in scores of criminal cases, especially drug arrests.
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    Report Alleges Police Use Secret Evidence Collected By Feds To Make Arrests

    Feb 01, 2018
    A Human Rights Watch report raises questions about the legality of some investigative tactics federal, state and local police are allegedly using to mask sources of evidence in criminal cases.
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    Eldred, at home with her dog, Bubbles, says she's committed to her recovery from opioid addiction. "But," she adds, "I can't say that I won't ever relapse again. Right now I feel strong, but this is a lifelong journey."
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    Court To Rule On Whether Relapse By An Addicted Opioid User Should Be A Crime

    Oct 26, 2017
    The high court in Massachusetts is weighing legal and scientific evidence to decide whether a woman convicted of larceny violated the terms of her probation by relapsing into drug use.
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    McKesson Corp. agreed to pay a $150 million fine to settle claims that it failed to report suspicious orders for controlled substances.
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    Drug Distributors Penalized For Turning Blind Eye In Opioid Epidemic

    Jan 27, 2017
    The wholesalers that move medicines between drug companies and pharmacies have been fined for failing to call out suspicious transactions involving opioids.
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    Las Vegas Business Owner Fights Kratom Ban

    Sep 27, 2016

    This week, the DEA will ban kratom, an Asian herb used for pain relief.

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    These pills were made to look like Oxycodone, but they're actually an illicit form of the potent painkiller fentanyl. A surge in police seizures of illicit fentanyl parallels a rise in overdose deaths.
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    Illegally Made Fentanyl Seems To Be Fueling A Spike In Overdoses

    Aug 25, 2016
    Fentanyl is showing up in heroin and counterfeit pain pills, and users may not even know they're taking the extremely potent drug.
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    Meth in Las Vegas

    Jul 26, 2011
    Earlier this month, a drug taskforce seized 208 pounds of methamphetamine from five Las Vegas homes--the biggest meth bust in Nevada state history. Though local meth labs are gone, the recent bust demonstrates that large quantities of the drug are being smuggled in from Mexico, instead.  We discuss how the meth manufacturers have adapted to continue making the drug even as policies restricted access to key chemicals, and how the persistence of meth in Las Vegas has taken its toll on city residents.
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    Fronteras: The Drug War

    May 25, 2011
    The Fronteras News Desk is looking at the escalating drug war.  Drug traffickers in Mexico are finding new ways of  getting their product into the United States.
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    Marijuana Raids

    Oct 04, 2010
    We'll talk with the owners of three medical marijuana businesses about their ideas on how to make pot more accessible to patients.
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