'Drug Addiction Number One Social Scourge in Malaysia'

'Drug addiction number one social scourge in Malaysia'
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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Crime Prevention Foundation (MCPF) vice-chairman, Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye lamented that drug addiction has been the number one social scourge in Malaysia for the past three decades.
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In Khanty-Mansiysk, approved measures to combat drug abuse
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In Khanty-Mansiysk, approved the long-term targeted program of comprehensive measures to combat drug abuse “by 2013-2015. the 20 August, reporter BakuToday in the press-service of the administration of Khanty-Mansiysk.
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Patrick signs prescription drug bill
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BOSTON – Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick has signed into law a bill that aims to prevent the diversion of prescription drugs and decrease drug abuse and addiction.
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TRICARE outsources addiction treatment with little oversight

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To cope with a growing population of drug- and alcohol-addicted personnel, the Defense Department has outsourced substance abuse treatment to a network of 1053 civilian rehabilitation facilities through the TRICARE insurance plan. But a Nextgov …
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