President López Obrador reacts to Donald Trump's decision to designate drug cartels as terrorist groups.
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3/29/16
USA Drug Epidemic: President Obama Takes Lead against Drug Abuse - killing more people than in car accidents
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| Heroin Applicator: Killing thousands of people yearly |
“When you look at the staggering statistics in terms of lives lost, productivity impacted, cost to communities, but most importantly cost to families from this epidemic,” Obama said. “It has to be something that is right up there at the top of our radar screen.”
The President addressed U.S. opioid abuse, which has grown during his two terms in office, at the National Rx Drug Abuse and Heroin Summit, a gathering of law enforcement, medical professionals, and treatment facilitators who’ve been impacted by addiction. Obama spoke on a panel for over an hour with two recovering addicts and two medical professionals, including moderator Dr. Sanjay Gupta. Since 2002, there has been a 286% increase in heroin-related overdose deaths, with a tremendous spike after 2010.
The term "responsible drug use" is a favorite saying of people who use drugs on a regular basis and want to proof they are not addicted. Unfortunately across the USA, more Americans die every year from drug overdoses than from motor vehicle crashes.
In 2014, drug overdoses killed 47,055 people, the highest number on record, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The majority, around 28,000, involved opioids such as prescription painkillers and heroin. In fact, heroin-related overdose deaths have more than tripled since 2010, totaling 10,500 in 2014. Bottom line: say no to drugs and if you run into or see a drug dealer report him or her to the police !
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3/6/16
US Drug Epidemic: Obama joins fight against opioid abuse -yearly in America more people die from drug overdoses than from car accidents
Lending his voice to the fight against a drug scourge that kills
28,000 Americans a year, President Obama told nearly 2,000 policymakers,
professionals and parents Tuesday that the nation must provide more
treatment for people addicted to opioids and reframe the
addiction problem through the lens of public health.
“The most important thing we can do is reduce demand for drugs, and the only way that we reduce demand is by providing treatment and thinking about this as a public health problem and not just a criminal issue,” Obama said during a panel discussion at the 2016 National Rx Drug Abuse & Heroin Summit.
“Part of what has made it difficult to emphasize treatment over criminal justice system has to do with the fact that the populations affected in the past were ... stereotypically identified as poor and minority,” he said. “And as a consequence, the thinking was it is often a character flaw in those individuals who live in those communities. ... One of the things that’s changed ... is a recognition that this reaches everybody.”
Given its widespread reach, administration officials announced a wide range of actions to fight the epidemic, such as expanding access to drug treatment, bolstering efforts to ensure health coverage for substance abuse and mental health are on par with benefits for other medical services, investing in partnerships between law enforcement and communities, and providing guidance on using federal funds to start or expand needle exchanges.
Surgeon General Vivek Murthy,meanwhile, said he will release a report later this year on substance use, addiction and health, similar to the landmark surgeon general’s report on smoking released 50 years ago that focused public attention on that issue.
They shared their news at the fifth annual summit,
organized by Operation UNITE, an Eastern Kentucky anti-drug organization
launched in 2003 by U.S. Rep. Hal Rogers. The summit has grown from an
upstart event into the major national gathering on the issue, drawing
people from both sides of the political aisle.
“This is a bipartisan issue — actually a non-partisan issue,”
Rogers, a Republican who represents Kentucky’s fifth district, said in an interview. “We’re united in the drive to stop this death rage that we’re in.”
Across the USA, more Americans die every year from drug overdoses than from motor vehicle crashes. In 2014, drug overdoses killed 47,055 people, the highest number on record, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The majority, around 28,000, involved opioids such as prescription painkillers and heroin.
In fact, heroin-related overdose deaths have more than tripled since 2010, totaling 10,500 in 2014.
Bottom line: believing that people are able to act responsibly when it comes to recreational, hard drugs or other opiods is total nonsense. Just say no to drugsand report anyone selling drugs immediately to the police.
Read more: Obama joins fight against opioid abuse | WUSA9.com
“The most important thing we can do is reduce demand for drugs, and the only way that we reduce demand is by providing treatment and thinking about this as a public health problem and not just a criminal issue,” Obama said during a panel discussion at the 2016 National Rx Drug Abuse & Heroin Summit.
“Part of what has made it difficult to emphasize treatment over criminal justice system has to do with the fact that the populations affected in the past were ... stereotypically identified as poor and minority,” he said. “And as a consequence, the thinking was it is often a character flaw in those individuals who live in those communities. ... One of the things that’s changed ... is a recognition that this reaches everybody.”
Given its widespread reach, administration officials announced a wide range of actions to fight the epidemic, such as expanding access to drug treatment, bolstering efforts to ensure health coverage for substance abuse and mental health are on par with benefits for other medical services, investing in partnerships between law enforcement and communities, and providing guidance on using federal funds to start or expand needle exchanges.
Surgeon General Vivek Murthy,meanwhile, said he will release a report later this year on substance use, addiction and health, similar to the landmark surgeon general’s report on smoking released 50 years ago that focused public attention on that issue.
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| US Drug Abuse: 't’s a plague for families and communities |
“This is a bipartisan issue — actually a non-partisan issue,”
Rogers, a Republican who represents Kentucky’s fifth district, said in an interview. “We’re united in the drive to stop this death rage that we’re in.”
Across the USA, more Americans die every year from drug overdoses than from motor vehicle crashes. In 2014, drug overdoses killed 47,055 people, the highest number on record, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The majority, around 28,000, involved opioids such as prescription painkillers and heroin.
In fact, heroin-related overdose deaths have more than tripled since 2010, totaling 10,500 in 2014.
Bottom line: believing that people are able to act responsibly when it comes to recreational, hard drugs or other opiods is total nonsense. Just say no to drugsand report anyone selling drugs immediately to the police.
Read more: Obama joins fight against opioid abuse | WUSA9.com
7/17/12
Banking Industry - Money-Laundering: HSBC apologizes over money-laundering claims
The CEO of the U.S. division of the big international bank HSBC is apologizing for lax controls that lawmakers say allowed Mexican drug cartels to launder billions of dollars through the U.S. operation and many other illicit transactions for years.
Irene Dorner, president and CEO of HSBC Bank USA, says in testimony prepared for a hearing by the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations that "we deeply regret and apologize" for the lapses by HSBC.
An investigation by the subcommittee found persistent problems at HSBC which executives ignored.
Dorner and other HSBC executives scheduled to testify say the bank has made deep changes to its policies and corporate culture to prevent illicit use of the bank. The panel's chairman, Sen. Carl Levin or Michigan, says HSBC's new policies "are all good steps."
Note EU-Digest : "apologizing is not enough. If Irene Donner was in Saudi Arabia her hands would probably have been : cut off. Pressing criminal charges is the least Sen.Carl Levin should do in this case".
Read more: HSBC apologizes over money-laundering claims - Business - CBC News
Irene Dorner, president and CEO of HSBC Bank USA, says in testimony prepared for a hearing by the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations that "we deeply regret and apologize" for the lapses by HSBC.
An investigation by the subcommittee found persistent problems at HSBC which executives ignored.
Dorner and other HSBC executives scheduled to testify say the bank has made deep changes to its policies and corporate culture to prevent illicit use of the bank. The panel's chairman, Sen. Carl Levin or Michigan, says HSBC's new policies "are all good steps."
Note EU-Digest : "apologizing is not enough. If Irene Donner was in Saudi Arabia her hands would probably have been : cut off. Pressing criminal charges is the least Sen.Carl Levin should do in this case".
Read more: HSBC apologizes over money-laundering claims - Business - CBC News
11/18/11
Mexican Drug Cartel Tries To Silence Internet - by AP
Mexico's hyperviolent Zetas drug cartel appears to be launching what may be one of the first campaigns by an organized crime group to silence commentary on the Internet.
The cartel has already attacked rivals, journalists and other perceived enemies. Now, the target is an online chat room, Nuevo Laredo en Vivo, that allows users to comment on the activities of the Zetas and others in the city on the border with Texas.
Already, three apparent site users have been slain, and a fourth victim may have been discovered Wednesday, when a man's decapitated body was found with what residents said was a banner suggesting he was killed for posting on the site. Chat room users said they could not immediately confirm the victim's identity, because people all post under aliases.
Drug cartels in Mexico have frequently attacked traditional print newspapers, by tossing explosives at their offices or killing, kidnapping or threatening reporters. Violence against journalists in Tamaulipas state, where Nuevo Laredo is located, has led local media to censor themselves, leaving residents on their own to separate fact from pervasive rumors spread on social networks.
For more: Mexican Drug Cartel Tries To Silence Internet : NPR
The cartel has already attacked rivals, journalists and other perceived enemies. Now, the target is an online chat room, Nuevo Laredo en Vivo, that allows users to comment on the activities of the Zetas and others in the city on the border with Texas.
Already, three apparent site users have been slain, and a fourth victim may have been discovered Wednesday, when a man's decapitated body was found with what residents said was a banner suggesting he was killed for posting on the site. Chat room users said they could not immediately confirm the victim's identity, because people all post under aliases.
Drug cartels in Mexico have frequently attacked traditional print newspapers, by tossing explosives at their offices or killing, kidnapping or threatening reporters. Violence against journalists in Tamaulipas state, where Nuevo Laredo is located, has led local media to censor themselves, leaving residents on their own to separate fact from pervasive rumors spread on social networks.
For more: Mexican Drug Cartel Tries To Silence Internet : NPR
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