‘There are no refuges anymore’
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Mexico’s powerful drug cartels have been operating drug rehabilitation clinics, turning some into bloody killing fields and forcing recovering addicts into their ranks of hit men and smugglers. At least two of the country’s six major drug cartels have used treatment facilities to further their trade, top Mexican law enforcement officials told The Associated Press in …
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Canada’s Olympics city has notorious skid row
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Five blocks away from the venue for Vancouver’s Winter Olympics opening ceremony, four grizzled addicts huddle in the rain, injecting themselves with heroin behind a trash bin.
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AP IMPACT: Drug cartels co-opt rehab for recruits
Mexico’s powerful cartels have taken to running drug rehabilitation centers, turning recovering addicts into hit men and smugglers and giving some an ultimatum: Work for us or we’ll kill you.
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Parrot Mill Inn in Chatham set to be a residential treatment facility for gambling addicts
Marianne IversTHE PARROT MILL INN — This historic building will soon start a new chapter of its more than 200 years of life, this time as the home for Tricore, which serves as a residential rehabilitation facility for gambling addicts….
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Drug cartels go into the rehab business
Mexico’s powerful drug cartels are operating drug rehabilitation clinics, turning some into bloody killing fields and forcing recovering addicts into their ranks of hit men and smugglers.
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