Methadone clinic draws fire at community meeting
Methadone clinic draws fire at community meeting
Filed under: Baltimore Drug Abuse
A boisterous meeting Thursday night did nothing to change the minds of two Baltimore City Council members who said a complaint-prone methadone clinic in Hampden should be closed. "We're engaged in a struggle," said City Councilwoman … Officials of …
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Congressional Black Caucus Foundation's Annual Convention Draws …
Filed under: Baltimore Drug Abuse
Much of that can be attributed to the Drug Abuse Act of 1986, which called for mandatory minimum sentences and targeted low-level drug offenders. For example, someone caught with possession of crack cocaine faced the same mandatory minimum as …
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Iran reportedly producing deadly sarin gas
Filed under: Baltimore Drug Abuse
A UN report last week confirmed the use of chemical weapons in Syria that killed more than 1,400 people, hundreds of them children. Reza Kahlili is a pseudonym for a former CIA operative in Iran's Revolutionary Guard and author of the award-winning …
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Marijuana still major target for big government programs
Filed under: Baltimore Drug Abuse
The highest number of arrests were for drug abuse violations (estimated at 1,552,432 arrests), driving under the influence (estimated at 1,282,957), and larceny-theft (estimated at 1,282,352). (See Table 29.) The estimated arrest rate for the United …
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