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Aug 27, 2007 By: Radley Balko Fox News
When federal agents raided the Pittsburgh-area office of Dr. Bernard L. Rottschaefer, the resulting allegations came as a shock to the 63-year-old man's friends and family: Rottschaefer, the office of U.S. Attorney Mary Beth Buchanan alleged, had been writing prescriptions for anti-anxiety medication and opiate painkillers like [...]
Aug 26, 2007 By: David Rohde The International Herald Review
LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan: Afghanistan is expected to produce record levels of opium in 2007 for the second straight year, led by a 45 percent increase in the Taliban stronghold of Helmand Province, according to a new UN survey to be released Monday. The report is [...]
Aug 20, 2007By: Frank BassThe Associated Press
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. - People in the United States are living in a world of pain and they are popping pills at an alarming rate to cope with it.
The amount of five major painkillers sold at retail establishments rose 90 percent between 1997 and 2005, according to an Associated [...]
Aug 19, 2007By: Misha GlennyThe Washington Post (D.C.)
Poppies were the first thing that British army Capt. Leo Docherty noticed when he arrived in Afghanistan's turbulent Helmand province in April 2006. "They were growing right outside the gate of our Forward Operating Base," he told me. Within two weeks of his deployment to the remote town [...]
Aug 19, 2007By: Misha GlennyThe Washington Post (D.C.)
Poppies were the first thing that British army Capt. Leo Docherty noticed when he arrived in Afghanistan's turbulent Helmand province in April 2006. "They were growing right outside the gate of our Forward Operating Base," he told me. Within two weeks of his deployment to the remote town [...]
