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Once mainly a smuggling corridor for drugs heading to the United States, Mexico is grappling with the effects of a fast-rising addiction rate as relatively cheap versions of cocaine and methamphetamine find a market south of the border.
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AP, Walnut Ridge
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AP, Lawrenceville
Police said a man likely wishes he never threw trash on a highway. That’s because littering wasn’t the only charge filed against him. The man, 42, faces...
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AP, Ramsey
When their children returned from Halloween trick-or-treating, a couple found suspected methamphetamine and $85 in cash among their 7-year-old son’s Snickers bars...
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AP, Little Rock
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AP, Washington
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East Ridge investigator Josh Creel adjusts a quarantine notice on a motel room door at the Cascade Motel on U.S. Highway 41, Thursday, Feb. 19, 2009 in Chattanooga, Tenn. The meth makers used the room as a lab recently causing concern for future...
