Marijuana a problem? Get real! See article just below.<br><br>The emergence of prescription drug abuse as our country's number one drug problem highlights the need for a complete and competent investigation of Oxycodone Gate.<br>
<br>We are a small community. Had an immediate referral to the MPD been made instead of advice been given to remove (read: ditch and destroy) evidence, there might have been a chance to get a lever into at least some aspect of the illicit use of prescription drug problem locally.<br>
<br>Incidentally, the following item appeared in the <i>Daily News</i> public records Saturday:<br><br><div class="encrypted-content" style="color:rgb(51,51,255)">
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<p>12:31 p.m. - Prescription drugs, including
hydrocodone, were reported missing from a residence on the 1000 block of
Juliene Way in Moscow.</p>
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<br>I was very disappointed to find out that the evidence gained by the NPCSD is being turned over to William "Whitewash" Thompson for the consideration of charges -- remember the Sitler case, e,g. -- instead of the Nez Perce County PA.<br>
<br>I hope that both the investigation and subsequent followup are both a serious, honest, and complete endeavor, and not a whitewash to save two good old boy bumblers at the expense of an opportunity to gain insight into prescription drug abuse in our community, and perhaps a chance to look into the black market activity for prescription drugs locally and the crime problems and substitution problems the issue raises.<br>
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<p><span class="dateline">PHOENIX</span> — <a href="http://www.nida.nih.gov/tib/prescription.html">Prescription drug abuse</a>
is the fastest growing segment of illegal drug use in the United
States. In fact, more Americans abuse prescription drugs than the number
of people who use cocaine, methamphetamine, and heroin combined. </p>
<p>The Center for Disease Control and Prevention <a href="http://www.cdc.gov/about/grand-rounds/archives/2011/01-February.htm">calls this an epidemic</a>. Experts at Wednesday's <a href="http://www.justice.gov/usao/nyw/press/press_releases/DrugAbuseSummit.pdf">Prescription Drug Abuse Summit</a> call it a crisis.</p>
<p>"We survey law enforcement agencies, and we ask them what their
number one drug problem is in their area," said Douglas Coleman, a
special agent with the Drug Enforcement Administration (<a href="http://www.justice.gov/dea/">DEA</a>).<b style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"> "At this point, prescription drug abuse is rapidly increasing throughout the country as the number one drug problem."</b></p>
<p>The numbers are most startling among teenagers. A recent survey found
one in five teens reported they have abused prescription drugs to get
high. One in seven reported they did so in the past 12 months.</p>
<p>"Prescription drugs, depending on what they are, can be much more expensive than illicit drugs," <a href="http://www.justice.gov/usao/az/index.html">Acting U.S. Attorney</a>
Ann Scheel said. "So teenagers - they will start using prescription
drugs and then they can't afford them and so they will go into illicit
drugs." </p>
<p>Coleman said the Obama administration's primary target is not the consumer, but the seller.</p>
<p>"For us, the possession of these drugs is not the issue," he said.
"It's the transfer and the distribution of these drugs to other people
and other sources that (the DEA) becomes involved."</p>
<p>He went on: "From a legal perspective, there is no difference than a
heroin dealer and a doctor if they are violating the law and prescribing
outside the course of normal medical practice. They're charged with the
same crime as a street heroin dealer."</p>
<p>Last year, federal agents arrested Dr. <a href="http://azmd.gov/GLSuiteWeb/Repository/0/0/2/3/9331218a-8988-4acf-aca2-84f6aa764493.pdf">Angelo Chirban</a>,
of Paradise Valley, and accused him of running what a nurse in his
office called a "prescription mill." The federal government seized more
than $3 million dollars in currency, coins, and assorted silver bullion
bars, plus one '99 Bentley - all alleged to be proceeds from trafficking
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<h3><br></h3><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 9:34 PM, Donovan Arnold <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com" target="_blank">donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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</div><b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT:bold">From:</span></b> Paul Rumelhart <<a href="mailto:godshatter@yahoo.com" target="_blank">godshatter@yahoo.com</a>><br><b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT:bold">To:</span></b> Tom Hansen <<a href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com" target="_blank">thansen@moscow.com</a>> <br>
<b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT:bold">Cc:</span></b> Moscow Vision 2020 <<a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com" target="_blank">vision2020@moscow.com</a>> <br><b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT:bold">Sent:</span></b> Sunday, May 20, 2012 6:48 PM<br>
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<div><br>As far as I can tell, it's not important to your thesis at all, which I agree with.<br><br>You're welcome.<br><br>I was making an unrelated point about the uselessness of "security theater" and it's woeful ROI.<br>
<br>Paul<br><br>On 05/20/2012 05:48 PM, Tom Hansen wrote:
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<div>And this is important to my thesis because . . . ?<br><br>
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<div><br>On May 20, 2012, at 17:34, Paul Rumelhart <<a href="mailto:godshatter@yahoo.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">godshatter@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div>
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<div><br>An interesting thing to note is that, even in 2001, deaths directly attributed to terrorist attacks would fall about half-way between aspirin and peanuts according to your image.<br><br>Paul<br><br>On 05/20/2012 11:40 AM, Tom Hansen wrote:
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If not now, when?"
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