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Mom Danced In Driveway While Child Slept Naked In Trash

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.22.2012

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A South Carolina woman was arrested for child neglect last week after Spartanburg County Sheriff's deputies discovered her naked 2-year-old son asleep...

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Naked Man Allegedly Leads Police To His Ecstasy, Meth Lab

Posted 04.24.2012

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An Illinois man police found naked and covered in blood on a Des Plaines, Ill. street helped lead authorities to discover a meth lab the man was alleg...

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A Drug Policy for the 21st Century

R. Gil Kerlikowske | Posted 04.18.2012

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Today we are releasing the 2012 National Drug Control Strategy -- the Obama Administration's primary policy blueprint for reducing drug use and its consequences in America. It is based on the premise that drug addiction is a chronic disease of the brain that can be prevented and treated.

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Meth Lab Found In Walmart Bathroom

Posted 04.12.2012

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Somebody left behind a surprise in the bathroom at Walmart. A custodial employee working on Saturday found a "shake-and-bake" meth lab in the women...

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Africa to Kony 2012: Stop Treating Us Like Victims

James Marshall Crotty | Posted 05.23.2012

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Africans want capital investment, access to global markets, and to be treated as self-sufficient players, not victims in need of continual rescue by their former colonizers. That is the respectful, tough-love attitude that will raise all boats on the African continent.

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Strict Meth Laws Hurt Consumers, Have Little Effect on Meth Supply

HuffingtonPost.com | Radley Balko | Posted 02.21.2012

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Since 2006, the state of Oregon has had the strictest pseudoephedrine laws in the country. The popular decongestant, a common additive to over-the-cou...

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Methamphetamine Accidents Strain Burn Units

AP | JIM SALTER | Posted 03.24.2012

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ST. LOUIS — A crude new method of making methamphetamine poses a risk even to Americans who never get anywhere near the drug: It is filling hosp...

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U.S. Meth Supplier Expands Operations To Guatemala

AP | E. EDUARDO CASTILLO and SONIA PEREZ | Posted 03.01.2012

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MEXICO CITY — Mexico's powerful Sinaloa drug cartel appears to be extending its massive production of methamphetamine into neighboring Guatemala...

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Meth For Sex Sheriff Was Once A Local Hero

AP | By P. SOLOMON BANDA | Posted 12.11.2011

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CENTENNIAL, Colo. -- For years, Patrick Sullivan was the anti-drug crusader, the hero and the law enforcer who knew how to get what he wanted. "Sheri...

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Woman Accused Of Trying To Cook Meth -- In Walmart

Posted 12.09.2011

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When a store sells "Chemistry For Dummies" for just $6.46, is it any surprise if it gets some dummy chemists? Police in Oklahoma arrested a woman o...

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Mexico Seizes 226 Tons Of Chemical Used In Meth

AP | Posted 02.07.2012

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MEXICO CITY -- Mexican authorities say they have seized 226 tons (205 metric tons) of a chemical used in synthetic drugs in a Pacific coast port. Mex...

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The Madness of Meth

Carole Bennett, MA | Posted 12.28.2011

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Out-of-control behavior, irresponsible actions and the ability to substantially screw up one's life knows no boundaries between the use of alcohol or drugs.

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Meth Found Inside Drug-Dealing Couple's Diaper Bag

Posted 12.24.2011

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Nathan Saffer, 29, and Kerry Hawkins, 24, a Palisade, Colo. couple, have been arrested after a police-sting operation allegedly caught them in the act...

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School Closed After Teacher And Principal Smoked Meth, Cops

AP | By HARRY R. WEBER | Posted 09.25.2011

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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Associated Press) -- A West Virginia public vocational school has been shut down indefinitely after traces of methamphetamine were ...

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Mexico Seizes 1000 Tons Of Meth Ingredients

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 09.20.2011

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MEXICO CITY -- The Mexican army has seized a cache of over 926 tons (840 metric tons) of precursor chemicals used to make methamphetamines, one of the...

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Man Sentenced After Smoking Meth With Blowtorch

Robin Wilkey | Posted 09.18.2011

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Joel Blanchard, the 65-year-old man who started a fire while smoking meth with a blowtorch near a container of gunpowder that he had been stockpiling,...

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Thai Authorities Find Smuggled Meth Disguised As Art

AP | Posted 09.12.2011

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BANGKOK -- Thai authorities have arrested an Iranian man who allegedly tried to smuggle more than 50 million baht ($1.6 million) worth of crystal meth...

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Meth Ads Are Making A Positive Impact In Colorado, Study Says

The Huffington Post | Andrea Rael | Posted 07.12.2011

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According to a study released today by Colorado Attorney General John Suthers, teens are less likely to try meth even once, thanks in large part to wo...

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What Happens When Fruit Flies Take Meth?

Carly Schwartz | Posted 06.24.2011

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What happens when fruit flies take meth? Scientists at the University of Illinois sought to answer that question in the hopes of learning more abou...

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Colorado Bill Could Make Cold Meds Prescription-Only

The Denver Post | Felisa Cardona | Posted 06.11.2011

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Meth Flourishes Despite Laws Restricting Cold Medicine

Posted 05.25.2011

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Wyoming Cops Lose Box Of Drugs That Says 'METH' On It

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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JACKSON, Wyo. — Officials in Wyoming want people to be on the lookout for a black box with white lettering that says "METH," after a deputy lost...

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Adam Montoya Died In Agony: Perkin Prison Inmate Begged For Help, Witnesses Say

AP | DAVID MERCER | Posted 05.25.2011

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PEKIN, Ill. — For days before he died in a federal prison, Adam Montoya pleaded with guards to be taken to a doctor, pressing a panic button in ...

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Czech Republic Leads Europe In Meth Labs

GlobalPost | Bruce I. Konviser | Posted 05.25.2011

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Methamphetamine use is relatively low in Europe, but the Czech Republic far surpasses its neighbors for the number of clandestine meth labs within its...

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Shawn Adolf, Man Who Discussed Assassinating Obama, Sentenced

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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DENVER — A Colorado man who sparked fears of an assassination plot against Barack Obama has been sentenced to 10 years in prison in a separate t...

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