Heroin

(CCN) John Orem, the Republican nominee for Berkeley County Sheriff, was charged with heroin possession after apparently overdosing twice in two days.

‘Donald Trump could not go after Hillary’s criminality without the permission of the US Military and Intelligence services. Catherine Austin Fitts
‘The NSA has all of Hillary’s emails. It might be the source of the leak.’  Whistleblower William Binney. Binney was the original architect of the NSA’s surveillance program.
“Hillary has to go to jail.”  Donald Trump.
Lock her up! Lock her up! A chant from protesters outside the 2016 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.

(MINTPRESS) The “War on Drugs” and the “War on Terror” are more intertwined than that media and our elected officials would like us to think.
And this became full front and center when the U.S.-led global crusades overlapped in Afghanistan, leaving in their wake a legacy of death, addiction and government corruption tainting Afghan and American soil.

On July 8, the House approved an agreement between itself and the Senate on bipartisan legislation intended to tackle the burgeoning opioid crisis in America.
Following the 407-5 vote, the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016 (CARA) is expected to move quickly through the Senate and head to President Barack Obama’s desk to be signed into law.

Yale-New Haven Hospital recently declared a first for them: they treated over 20 cases of overdoses in just four hours. While it is not usual for them to see several per day, it is most unusual to see that many in such a short time span.

The homeless people’s suffering belongs to amusement of our political order under a game over the right of marginalized group being transformed into citizens for merely punishment and humiliation. The Public Space Protection Orders is a penalty over one’s condition suffering – it is a fine over the disempowered for being disempowered. This act allows power to fragment the homeless into sub-humans punishable for the state of utter misery.
— Bruno De Oliveira

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One of the many catastrophic legacies left behind by the longest war in U.S. history.
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While increasingly well known, the Taliban had destroyed the Afghan poppy crop years ago. Their drug war was an immediate success because normally, in a war, enemy soldiers are not given lawyers and endless hearings to decide if they are, in fact, enemies. Taliban areas of Afghanistan before 9/11 had precisely zero poppy production.

The list of states that have decriminalized marijuana for medical use is growing, but there are still many rules and stipulations which make it incredibly expensive and difficult for patients to actually get their hands on cannabis. Marijuana’s classification as a Schedule I drug has been a major hurdle for drug researchers seeking to understand the full benefits of the herb, but that might change in a few short months.