Series of drug arrests in latest Montclair police blotterNorthJersey.comBY DAN PROCHILO A man inside a taxi sat on packages of heroin to try hiding them from the police, three teens were slapped with marijuana charges after police responded to Mountainside Park on a report of people using drugs there, and a traffic stop on ...

America's Racist Drug LawsOpEdNewsNew York's 1973 Rockefeller drug laws are most pernicious. Anyone convicted of selling two ounces or more of heroin, morphine, "raw or prepared opium," cocaine, or cannabis, or possessing four ounces of the same substances receive mandatory 15-year ...

Israel approves Asia-Europe rail bridgeThe Korea HeraldVisit Kabul, as I have, and you'll see scores of half-conscious heroin addicts lolling about. Afghanistan is the world's largest producer of opium, the raw ingredient of heroin. And a new United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime report shows “a clear ...

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Orleans drug task force seizes heroin, makes three arrestsThe Daily News OnlineThe heroin was flowing heavily into Orleans County from Rochester and was traced to large suppliers in New York City, said Joseph Sacco, supervising officer for the Orleans County Major Crime Task Force. “They were supply a wide range of customers in ...

Heroin Addiction Among Teens Rising in Local Pennsylvania AreaMiddle East North Africa Financial NetworkCOM, February 04, 2012 ) New York, NY -- One area in Pennsylvania is seeing an increased number of heroin teen addiction, despite national statistics showing that the numbers for such are decreasing. In Hazelton, Pennsylvania area, a drug addiction ...

The United Nations Office on Drug Crime (UNODC) released its 2009 Afghanistan Opium Survey. Many of the findings are promising and optimism is high, but so is the looming threat of an influx of cheap opium and heroin into the world markets due to illicit stockpiles and over-supply.

Mountainside Drug Rehab Center a leading center for heroin addiction in United States has summarized many of the findings of the UN Report and comments on its findings.

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What do you know about tobacco?Auburn CitizenTobacco use is the leading cause of preventable death in the nation and in the world. • Nicotine, the drug found in tobacco products, is more addictive than heroin. • Nintety percent of adult smokers start at or before the age of 18. • In New York ...