DEA | Appalachian Wellness

Trump’s wall won’t do anything about the opioid epidemic

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/1/8/18174768/trump-wall-opioid-epidemic-heroin Comment; The writer makes statements that don’t strike me as believable, essentially that a wall won’t impact the flow of illegal drugs into the country–that...

On The Hunt For Poppies In Mexico — America’s Biggest Heroin Supplier

by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction

https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2018/01/14/571184153/on-the-hunt-for-poppies-in-mexico-americas-biggest-heroin-supplier James Frederick A Mexican soldier piles poppies for incineration near the town of Tlacotepec, in Guerrero state, Mexico. The army says it...

Drug Enforcement Administration Collects Record Number of Unused Pills as Part of its 14th Prescription Drug Take Back Day Public Returns Record Number of Potentially Dangerous Prescription Drugs, DEA Expands Tribal Participation to 115 Sites in American Indian and Alaska Native Communities

by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/drug-enforcement-administration-collects-record-number-unused-pills-part-its-14th-0 Americans nationwide did their part to reduce the opioid crisis by bringing the DEA and its more than 4,200 local and tribal law enforcement partners a...

HOW THE U.S. TRIGGERED A MASSACRE IN MEXICO

by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction

https://www.propublica.org/article/allende-zetas-cartel-massacre-and-the-us-dea by Ginger Thompson, ProPublica June 12, 2017 We have testimony from people who say they participated in the crime. They described some 50 trucks arriving in Allende, carrying people...