Laura Duffy, Prescription Drugs

Published January 9, 2013

Laura Duffy, Prescription Drugs – US Attorney for San Diego Laura Duffy talks to KPBS about pharmaceutical cartels in Mexico marketing prescription drugs.

For Drug Users, a Swift Response Is the Best Medicine

Filed under: drug abuse problems

Ben W. Joseph was a trial judge in the Chittenden County Criminal Court, in Vermont, and he had a problem — one shared by judges across the country that results in billions of dollars of wasteful spending by governments every year. It was 2008, and …
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Substance abuse expert: Increased marijuana use will lead to more crowded …

Filed under: drug abuse problems

While decriminalizing and legalizing are different, their “case” rests on the some of the same assumptions. Proponents argue that the dramatic increase in our prison population is a result of sending too many people there because of their drug problems.
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