Detective: Franconia doctor dispensed drugs 'to create drug addicts'
“One may wear a suit and one may not, but they are doing the same thing, selling drugs to create drug addicts,” county Detective Lt. Stephen Forzato, a seasoned narcotics investigator, testified as the trial of Dr. Richard Ruth, who is accused of …
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Drug addiction takes toll in Iran
One of the socioeconomic challenges facing Iran today is extensive drug addiction, especially among the youth. Having Afghanistan — the world's largest producer of opium — as a neighbor has turned Iran into a transit route for drug smuggling and …
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Henry Radel, tell other Republicans that all addicts deserve help
Addiction is a disease, whether the drug is legal or illegal. A heroin addict should be no less deserving of our sympathy, our understanding, and our public assistance, than that afforded to an alcoholic. If anything, the Republicans have it backwards.
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