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Coos Bay Man Arrested Following Drug-Involved Injury Traffic Crash

(Coos Bay, Oregon) - A Coos Bay man is facing multiple charges following a drugged driving-related crash Monday afternoon on the Highway 241 Isthmus Slough Bridge. Two people were injured in the crash.

According to Oregon State Police (OSP) Trooper Josh Young, today at approximately 2:32 p.m. a 2001 Toyota Tacoma pickup driven by Michael Richard Ames, age 39, from Coos Bay, was reportedly being driven recklessly southbound across the Isthmus Slough Bridge when it traveled onto the southbound sidewalk.

Connecticut`s Grave Mistake: Honoring Purdue Pharma for Safety

Purdue Pharma: convicted criminals responsible not only for the deaths of our youth, but the destruction of families throughout the U.S. and Canada.

(MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.) - Parents from all over the country and Canada called Governor Rell's offic to express their outrage at Purdue Pharma being honored with an award for "keeping youth safe" in Connecticut.

I thought it appropriate to call to hear for myself how bereaved parents were being treated by the governor's staff.

Marijuana, Tobacco, Alcohol, Prescription Drugs, Illicit Drugs, Aspirin and other Lethal Substances

Why the government and their paid stooges and oafs continue to bleet about the DANGERS of Pot or MARIHUANA as they continue to blather is beyond cogent understanding.

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - You may consider this to be a wild title, so do I. The garbage coming from the U.S. Governments National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA) seems to put Marijuana at the top of dangerous/lethal drugs.

I would call this humorous if it weren’t so foolish.

Violence and Hope in Ciudad Juárez, México

Another writer specializing in the subject will now be featured on Salem-News.com.

(CIUDAD JUAREZ) - Salem-News.com welcomes the Professor Guillermo Cervantes Ph.D. of El Paso, Texas to our team of writers.

He is the author of Ciudad Juárez 2008 - 2010 A photographic testimony of our pain, and a tireless advocate for peace in the border region dividing the U.S. and Mexico.

Connecticut Rewards Purdue Pharma for Keeping `Youth Safe`

Connecticut awards criminally convicted Purdue Pharma; True Definition of the Word "Irony" -- Purdue Pharma honored for drug prevention efforts -- in keeping "youth safe"

(MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.) - As hard a pill as it is to swallow, the criminals at Purdue Pharma were recently honored for their strong commitment to keeping Connecticut’s youth "safe, successful and drug-free."

Purdue received the award at the 20th Annual Governor’s Luncheon in Farmington, CT.

Official: Political Enemies Waging Drug War on Iran

(TABRIZ, Iran FARS) - A senior Iranian official on Wednesday warned that enemies of the Islamic Republic have waged a new war on the Iranian society through encouraging drug consumption and addiction among the Iranian youth.

"In fact, a new war has started on the Islamic Republic of Iran in the field of narcotics, and enemy is seeking to undermine the society to make it fragile," Mohammad Sadeq Fathollahi said.

Ciudad Juarez News: University Students Rise Up

“Another world is possible, and we are beginning it here in Ciudad Juarez - University student

(CIUDAD, Juarez) - For months Ciudad Juarez´s Plural Citizens Front and other opponents of Mexican President Felipe Calderon's so-called drug war planned an international forum on violence and militarization in their battle-weary city.

Ironically, on the first day of the event, a bloody incident of the kind activists were protesting marred the meeting site at the Institute of Biomedical Sciences of the Autonomous University of Ciudad Juarez.

Oregon to Receive $5.9 Million From Glaxosmithkline to Settle Allegations of Selling Adulterated Drugs

(SALEM, Ore.) - Attorney General John Kroger Obtains $5.9 million for Oregon from Glaxosmithkline to Settle Allegations of Selling Adulterated Drugs

The global settlement involving the federal government and the states totals $750 million and a guilty plea for a felony violation of the U.S. Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.

Drug Issues Plague Attorney General Jack Conway of Kentucky`s Bid for U.S. Senate

“Where there’s smoke there’s fire, but I say, “Where there’s love there’s liars” - Oh, The Story! lyrics

(MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.) - I have written two articles about Kentucky AG Jack Conway accepting a $50,000 check from the National Association of Drug Diversion Investigators.

I had a problem with Conway taking money from a group funded by Purdue Pharma, maker of OxyContin, a company the state of Kentucky was suing for the devastation caused by OxyContin in deaths and addictions.

US Army Special Forces Trained Mexican Cartel Members

Founders of the Zetas drug gang learned special forces techniques at Ft. Bragg before waging a campaign of carnage.

(U.S. BORDER WITH MEXICO) - It was a brutal massacre even by the gruesome standards of Mexico’s drug war: 72 migrant workers gunned down by the "Zetas" - arguably the country's most violent cartel.

The Zetas have a fearsome reputation, but the real surprise comes not in their ruthless use of violence, but in the origins of where they learned the tricks of their bloody trade.