How France Cut Heroin Overdoses by 79 Percent in 4 Years

Posted on April 16, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2018/04/how-france-reduced-heroin-overdoses-by-79-in-four-years/558023/ In the 1980s, France went through a heroin epidemic in which hundreds of thousands became addicted. Mohamed Mechmache, a community activist, described the scene in the poor banlieues back then: “To begin with, they would disappear to shoot up. But after a bit we’d see them all over the place, in the stairwells and […]

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The DEA is making raids look like robberies — with really dangerous consequences for innocent people

Posted on April 16, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

http://theweek.com/speedreads/767739/dea-making-raids-look-like-robberies–really-dangerous-consequences-innocent-people The Drug Enforcement Administration likes to use something called a “sneak-and-peek warrant,” a search warrant that allows agents to enter and search a property without notifying the owner as a normal warrant would require. Officers operating on a sneak-and-peek (officially, a Delayed Notice Warrant) typically aren’t allowed to take any evidence they find on-site […]

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