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Treat drug abuse as public health issue, US czar says

yahoo.com (11 months and 12 days ago)

Jun 11, 2012

President Barack Obama's top adviser on drug policy called Monday for greater emphasis on treating drug abuse as a public health problem in the United States rather than as a crime. full story

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Treat drug abuse as public health issue, US czar says

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