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    Border agency cuts questioned as drug busts rise

    Drug busts by the Canada Border Services Agency rose 10 per cent between 2007 and 2012, according to agency data, but critics fear a shift in focus and federal budget cuts threaten Canada's effort to stop drugs from entering the country. More...
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    Drug reactions send 26,000 seniors to hospital

    One in 200 Canadian seniors had to be admitted to hospital because of an adverse reaction to a drug, according to a new report. More...
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    B.C. gangsters in over their heads in Mexico

    Gangsters from British Columbia are increasingly doing business with drug cartels in Mexico
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    8 deaths in Alberta linked to toxic methamphetamine

    An eighth death in southern Alberta has been linked to the drug paramethoxymethamphetamine, known as PMMA. More...
  5. the doctor

    Tony Rock: Alcohol Is a Drug

    I love alcohol, man. Some people call alcohol a drug, too. Some people say that, 'Alcohol's a drug.' Not me, I call it a vitamin. 'Cause whatever your deficiency is, alcohol will treat it.
  6. the doctor

    AP Newsbreak: Medicare's drug coverage gap shrinks (AP)

    AP - Medicare's prescription coverage gap is getting noticeably smaller and easier to manage this year for millions of older and disabled people with high drug costs. More...
  7. the doctor

    FDA revokes approval of Avastin for breast cancer (AP)

    AP - The government delivered a blow to some desperate patients Friday as it ruled the blockbuster drug Avastin should no longer be used to treat advanced breast cancer. More...
  8. the doctor

    Rickey Smiley: Drug Dealer's Funeral

    I went to a drug dealer's funeral. He was so big-time, his beeper was still going off.
  9. the doctor

    New effort to reduce drug shortages a small step (AP)

    AP - Unprecedented drug shortages are threatening the lives of cancer patients and other seriously ill people, and the Obama administration's plan to tackle them is but a small step toward solving a complex problem. More...
  10. CASPER

    Mexico catches leader of La Familia cartel

    MEXICO CITY – Mexican President Felipe Calderon says federal police have caught one of Mexico's most-wanted drug lords. An official in central Aguascalientes state who was not authorized to be quoted by name says authorities have captured Jose de Jesus Mendez Vargas, the alleged leader of the...
  11. CASPER

    Mexican police arrest drug boss "El Brad Pitt"

    Mexican federal police on Thursday announced the capture of a senior crime boss linked to the powerful Juarez drug cartel known as "El Brad Pitt." In a statement, the police said they had arrested 34-year-old Marco Guzman, alias "El Brad Pitt" or "El Dos" (Number 2), a leader of the cartel's...
  12. CASPER

    Governor's bodyguards found mutilated in Mexico

    MONTERREY, Mexico – Police on Wednesday found the dismembered bodies of two bodyguards who worked for the governor of the Mexican state of Nuevo Leon, the site of a violent turf war between drug cartels. Authorities believe Gov. Rodrigo Medina's bodyguards were killed by a drug cartel. A...
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    Nick Nolte mugshot

    Malibu, California, actor Nick Nolte - seen in this police mugshot - was arrested for investigation of being under the influence of alcohol or drugs after his...
  14. FTA Hacker

    Florida governor signs welfare drug-screen measure

    (CNN) -- Saying it is "unfair for Florida taxpayers to subsidize drug addiction," Gov. Rick Scott on Tuesday signed legislation requiring adults applying for welfare assistance to undergo drug screening. "It's the right thing for taxpayers," Scott said after signing the measure. "It's the right...
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    31 Hells Angels-linked drug cases dropped in Que.

    <div>Thirty-one alleged members and associates of the Hells Angels motorcycle gang arrested on drug charges in a massive dragnet two years ago have had their cases thrown out of a Quebec court because of unreasonable delays before trial. Quebec Superior Court Judge James Brunton granted part of...
  16. FTAGOD

    FDA to Pull Diabetes Drug Avandia From Pharmacy Shelves

    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has announced that the controversial diabetes drug Avandia will no longer be sold at retail pharmacies beginning this November, due to the cardiovascular risks it poses to patients. According to the new rules, which will go into effect on Nov. 18, the...
  17. CASPER

    Mexico extradites reputed drug lord Arellano Felix

    MEXICO CITY – One of the first Mexican drug kingpins to oversee mass shipments of cocaine was extradited to the United States on Friday to face drug-trafficking charges, ending an eight-year effort by U.S. authorities to take custody of a man who once controlled one of the world's most powerful...
  18. CASPER

    Guatemalans demand release of accused drug lord

    GUATEMALA CITY – Police say 400 people marched in support of Guatemala's reputed top drug trafficker captured by the government and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. Police spokesman Donald Gonzalez says the demonstration Thursday was peaceful and lasted about three hours in an area...
  19. Scammer

    Mexico to put more troops near border

    -- Mexican President Felipe Calderon on Saturday ordered the Army to send four battalions of soldiers to the country's northern borderlands, the site of increasing violence fueled by the drug trade. Since Monday alone, gunmen have killed a U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agent, a man...
  20. Scammer

    Drugs sold as bath salts easy to buy

    http://cnn.com/video/?/video/crime/2011/02/16/feyerick.bath.salt.drugs.cnn -- The "bath salts" arrive in quarter-size plastic containers showing a sun lingering over a blue horizon and the promise "to energize your mind, body & soul." These are not actually bath salts -- they're dangerous...
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