Many of the headlines today talk of pharmacies becoming the target of armed robberies as drug addicts seek to get their hands on OxyContin and other prescription medications in order to feed their addiction. Some may also target pharmacies to sell the medication on the street for the going rate.
Could prescription drug abuse be reduced if states had more effective tools to detect and monitor activities? Such a process could certainly upset the habits of those individuals who choose to doctor shop in order to obtain large quantities of prescription medications.
Country leaders are expected to make their country safer and free from crime. In Venezuela, however, the opposite appears to be the case. In a recent The New American report, President Hugo Chavez has been making the headlines as a series of reports surrounding allegations of drug trafficking by Chavez’s regime continue to surface.
There is a crime wave in the George suburb of Conville in New Zealand and much of it is being driven by addiction. A recent news report highlighted the area of Borchards that has experienced a dramatic increase in economic crimes.
One truly only needs to look globally to understand how much the drug problem has grown in a few short years. One perfect example is in Myanmar. According to a recent AFP report, there has been a dramatic surge in drug seizures.
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To better understand the life of an addict in Afghanistan, a recent Global Post piece details Marzia and her trembling on the ninth day of abstinence from heroine. When this 27-year-old mother of 4 was just 14, she married a drug smuggler working between Afghanistan and Iran.
Wide open spaces used to conjure up thoughts of beauty, peace and even tranquility. For those living in Mexico and South America, it is instead open territory to be claimed for drug trafficking. In the quest for control, violence is common and deaths continue to mount.
New Jersey has historically been an early adopter of enhanced public safety regulations that eventually become commonplace throughout the nation. In addition to being one of the first states to require the use of seatbelts in passenger vehicles, New Jersey prohibited handheld cell phone use while driving, way back in 2003.
Pursuant to INA section 212(h), permanent inadmissibility arsing from a crime of moral turpitude, multiple criminal convictions, prostitution, commercialized vice, and possession of 30 grams or less of marijuana for personal use is potentially waivable by immigration officials. There are no waivers available for immigrant visa applicants who are inadmissible due to substance abuse offenses, drug trafficking offenses, murder or torture. A lawful permanent resident whose after-acquired criminal activity makes him, once again, subject to the grounds of inadmissibility (in a deportation proceeding) will not be permitted to file a waiver if he has been convicted of an aggravated felony or has not resided lawfully in the United States for the seven years prior to deportation proceedings.
