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House Passes Bill to Make Penalties Permanent for Fentanyl-Related Drugs: The legislation earned quiet endorsement from the Biden administration and a solid ...
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House Passes Bill to Make Penalties Permanent for Fentanyl-Related Drugs
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House Slammed for Passing Fentanyl Bill That Revives Worst Mistakes of 'Failed Drug War'
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Dozens of Democrats join GOP in passing bill on fentanyl-related drug penalties: Legislation to permanently classify fentanyl-like substances into a category ...
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House Passes Bill to Make Penalties Permanent for Fentanyl-Related Drugs: The legislation earned quiet endorsement from the Biden administration and a solid ...
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House Passes Bill to Make Penalties Permanent for Fentanyl-Related Drugs
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House Slammed for Passing Fentanyl Bill That Revives Worst Mistakes of 'Failed Drug War'
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House Slammed for Passing Fentanyl Bill That Revives Worst Mistakes of ...
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Dozens of Democrats join GOP in passing bill on fentanyl-related drug penalties: Legislation to permanently classify fentanyl-like substances into a category ...
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Dozens of Democrats join GOP in passing bill on fentanyl-related drug ...
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Fentanyl overdose deaths rising in rural parishes: 'It's a game changer and it's a killer'
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Fentanyl overdose deaths rising in rural parishes: 'It's a game changer ...
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Fetterman, Warren lead Democrats in urging DEA to ‘swiftly’ take marijuana off Schedule I
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Fetterman, Warren lead Democrats in urging DEA to ‘swiftly’ take marijuana ...
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Eminem celebrates 16 years of sobriety with a new recovery chip: 'So proud of you'
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Eminem celebrates 16 years of sobriety with a new recovery chip: 'So proud ...
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Getting Patients With Opioid Use Disorder Started on Buprenorphine in Primary Care
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Getting Patients With Opioid Use Disorder Started on Buprenorphine in ...
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Marijuana grow busted in Maine as feds investigate trend in 20 states : The high electricity consumption of a home, its cardboard-covered windows and odor of ...
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Marijuana grow busted in Maine as feds investigate trend in 20 states
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Adderall Abuse Risks Becoming Another Opioid Crisis, DEA Says: The fast rise of prescriptions for Adderall and other stimulants, along with rampant online ...
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Adderall Abuse Risks Becoming Another Opioid Crisis, DEA Says
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Drug shortages reach all-time high: The 323 drugs in active shortage are the most since tracking began almost 25 years ago.
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Drug shortages reach all-time high
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Neighbor under suspicion: Eight-year-old died of fentanyl overdose: An eight-year-old boy eats a few strawberries at a school event in Kentucky ...
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Neighbor under suspicion: Eight-year-old died of fentanyl overdose
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Inside Asia’s Toughest Drug Cartel — And the CIA Plot to Disrupt It: Patrick Winn spent years pursuing Asia’s most notorious narcotics syndicate ...
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Inside Asia’s Toughest Drug Cartel — And the CIA Plot to Disrupt It
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Princess Beatrice Learned Ex Died Just After Fergie’s Cancer Diagnosis: Report: The shocking revelations reportedly came within just three weeks of one another.
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NDLEA destroys 304,436kg, 40,042 litres of seized drugs in Lagos: The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, on Tuesday, destroyed 304,436 kg and 40 ...
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NDLEA destroys 304,436kg, 40,042 litres of seized drugs in Lagos
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Does The No. 1 Biotech Stock Have The Next Ketamine On Its Hands?: Top-notch biotech stock Neurocrine surged Tuesday after analysts suggested the company's ...
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Does The No. 1 Biotech Stock Have The Next Ketamine On Its Hands?
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Riverside County deputy, 14 others arrested in trafficking bust: The Drug Enforcement Administration in collaboration with local law enforcement agencies busted ...
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Riverside County deputy, 14 others arrested in trafficking bust
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Managing withdrawal in hospital harder as street drugs get more potent: doctor: Use of highly concentrated illicit fentanyl in the community has made it tougher ...
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Managing withdrawal in hospital harder as street drugs get more potent: ...
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Official investigation finds no concerns with how Yorkshire woman's release from prison was handled before her sudden death
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Official investigation finds no concerns with how Yorkshire woman's ...
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Dump unwanted drugs at National Prescription Take Back Day on Saturday: Northeast Ohio hospitals and retail stores are offering safe, designated drug collection ...
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Dump unwanted drugs at National Prescription Take Back Day on Saturday
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Drugs worth Tk 1cr arrives in parcel from US: A new variant of narcotics -- gummy candies infused with marijuana -- has been recovered by the Department of ...
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Drugs worth Tk 1cr arrives in parcel from US
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Seminole sheriff announces 20 arrests in major drug, weapons ring: Arrest of two-time convicted felon led to 6-month, multiagency investigation that uncovered ...
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Seminole sheriff announces 20 arrests in major drug, weapons ring
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Young mum died of cocaine overdose two weeks after partner nearly died: Edyn started taking drugs after her children were taken into care
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Young mum died of cocaine overdose two weeks after partner nearly died
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Eminem - Hip-hop superstar has been sober for 16 years: Eminem has sworn off drugs and alcohol for 16 years now. The rap superstar announced this on Instagram.
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Eminem - Hip-hop superstar has been sober for 16 years
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No plans for overdose-prevention sites at all B.C. hospitals, Dix says: Health authorities have differing approaches on how to deal with drug use in hospitals ...
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No plans for overdose-prevention sites at all B.C. hospitals, Dix says
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China is subsidising global fentanyl supply, says report by US congressional panel
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China is subsidising global fentanyl supply, says report by US ...
Quick Glance: China's Subsidization of Fentanyl Production Intensifying Crisis in the U.S.
  • A report from a special House committee states that China is fueling the Fentanyl crisis in the U.S. directly by subsidizing the manufacturing of materials used by traffickers outside the country to produce the drug.

  • The committee found that the Chinese government provides tax rebates for the production of specific Fentanyl precursors and other synthetic drugs as long as they are sold outside of China.

  • The report highlights that China not only subsidizes the manufacturing of precursor chemicals but also thwarts investigations into illegal manufacturers by warning the targets when formal requests for assistance are made by U.S. law enforcement.

  • Former Attorney General William Barr recommended that the U.S. should leverage its trade and economic power to push for stronger enforcement from Chinese authorities, and victims should take civil actions against companies and individuals involved in distributing the precursors and synthetic drugs.
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SF crime rates are plunging, police data shows: Reported crimes fell in San Francisco over the first quarter of this year across all categories.
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SF crime rates are plunging, police data shows
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For second year, safe injection site bill dies in Colorado Senate committee: For the second year in a row, a Senate committee at the state Capitol has ended the ...
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For second year, safe injection site bill dies in Colorado Senate ...
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Omaha man pleads guilty to distributing fentanyl resulting in death: An Omaha man pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday to selling a fentanyl-laced counterfeit ...
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Omaha man pleads guilty to distributing fentanyl resulting in death
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How former opium-producing towns in Thailand’s Golden Triangle are cashing in on their troubled past via museums and more
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How former opium-producing towns in Thailand’s Golden Triangle are cashing ...
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Move over, fentanyl? Stimulant overdose deaths are rising fast: Columnist Teri Sforza writes that researchers are searching for medication to help and several ...
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Move over, fentanyl? Stimulant overdose deaths are rising fast
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Parents’ housemates charged in fentanyl overdose death of 1-year-old, CA officials say
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Parents’ housemates charged in fentanyl overdose death of 1-year-old ...
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South Bay pair charged with murder in baby’s fentanyl death: A pair accused of dealing drugs were charged with murder for their alleged part in the fentanyl ...
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South Bay pair charged with murder in baby’s fentanyl death
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In shadow of losses amid Ganganagar drug crisis, villagers flag poll players’ apathy, decry lip service
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In shadow of losses amid Ganganagar drug crisis, villagers flag poll ...
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US agents, police praised for nabbing American sex-crime accused in Princes Town - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
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US agents, police praised for nabbing American sex-crime accused in ...
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Regular use of paracetamol even in low doses could damage heart, study finds: Researchers in the US discovered that the medicine changed proteins in the heart ...
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Regular use of paracetamol even in low doses could damage heart ...
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A Lincolnton woman is accused of selling fentanyl that led to an overdose death: A Lincolnton woman was indicted by a federal grand jury on allegations she sold ...
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A Lincolnton woman is accused of selling fentanyl that led to an overdose ...
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As fentanyl use increases, Clark County Jail grapples with opioid withdrawals: As fentanyl use increases, the Clark County Jail is grappling with more people ...
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As fentanyl use increases, Clark County Jail grapples with opioid ...
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Fentanyl crisis subject of town hall in Oakland County: 'This doesn't affect 1 population, 1 race, 1 socio-economic status, 1 Republican or Democrat .. ...
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Fentanyl crisis subject of town hall in Oakland County
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Missouri House OKs bill toughening penalties for trafficking fentanyl: The measure, which passed the House Monday evening on a 108-25 vote with 21 lawmakers ...
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Missouri House OKs bill toughening penalties for trafficking fentanyl
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What is Xylazine? The 'zombie drug' sweeping the UK: Tranq dope, medically known as xylazine, could sweep the UK in THC vapes. Here are the use and effects of ...
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What is Xylazine? The 'zombie drug' sweeping the UK
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Man dies from apparent drug overdose on BART train: Officers found an unresponsive man on a train at the Walnut Creek station just after 8 p.m. Friday ...
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Man dies from apparent drug overdose on BART train
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Drug overdose death rates for every US county: More than a million people have died from a drug overdose, with a majority of deaths driven by opioids like ...
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Drug overdose death rates for every US county
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Story of 'Pill Mill Killer' outlined in Eil's new haunting tale: A doctor who thought was helping southeastern Ohio's underserved communities turns 'Pill Mill ...
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Story of 'Pill Mill Killer' outlined in Eil's new haunting tale
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Here comes an illicit drug 40 times more potent than fentanyl: Nitazene first appeared in 2019 in the Midwest as a white powdery substance similar to cocaine ...
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Here comes an illicit drug 40 times more potent than fentanyl
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You don't want to overdose on these 5 vitamins: Though you might think you're doing the right thing by taking a supplement, it is possible to get too much ...
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You don't want to overdose on these 5 vitamins
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Overdose administered to patient: geriatric nurse in Bremen convicted of murder: A Bremen geriatric nurse murders a patient with a drug overdose - and is ...
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Overdose administered to patient: geriatric nurse in Bremen convicted of ...
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Drug-trafficking feud led to 2015 quadruple murder plot in Orange, Fontana, prosecutors say
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Drug-trafficking feud led to 2015 quadruple murder plot in Orange, Fontana ...
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San Antonio man pleads guilty for 3 fatal drug overdoses: Mark Elliot Stool admitted supplying substances containing methamphetamine and fentanyl ...
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San Antonio man pleads guilty for 3 fatal drug overdoses
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Nurse sued over Portland jail overdose death faced earlier suit over fatal OD at different jail, records alle
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Nurse sued over Portland jail overdose death faced earlier suit over fatal ...
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Powerful synthetic opioids stronger than fentanyl were found in several overdose deaths in Philly
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Powerful synthetic opioids stronger than fentanyl were found in several ...
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'My son died of overdose in jail after months of being targeted by inmates': Claire Appleby Jones was told that her son died of a spice overdose last year just ...
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'My son died of overdose in jail after months of being targeted by ...
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53rd annual Hash Bash in Ann Arbor honors life, legacy of activist John Sinclair: John Sinclair's voice lives on through a new generation of activists ...
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53rd annual Hash Bash in Ann Arbor honors life, legacy of activist John ...
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A Park City teen wasn’t jailed after supplying drugs that killed 2 boys. As an adult, he sold fentanyl that caused another OD.
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A Park City teen wasn’t jailed after supplying drugs that killed 2 boys ...
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1 dead, 3 hospitalized after possible fentanyl overdose: Authorities await lab testing to confirm whether the overdoses were the result of fentanyl ...
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1 dead, 3 hospitalized after possible fentanyl overdose
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Peaches Geldof's husband now - makeover, name change and heartbreak: Peaches Geldof tragically died in 2015 when she was just 25 from a heroin overdose leaving ...
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Peaches Geldof's husband now - makeover, name change and heartbreak
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White House warns House conservatives’ budget could hurt opioid epidemic fight: The White House called out the Republican Study Committee’s (RSC) budget proposal ...
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White House warns House conservatives’ budget could hurt opioid epidemic ...
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Pilot in deadly Arizona hot air balloon crash had elevated levels of ketamine, report says
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Pilot in deadly Arizona hot air balloon crash had elevated levels of ...
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ADHD medication shortage continues with no end in sight: "People are just getting fed up," said one psychiatrist.
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ADHD medication shortage continues with no end in sight
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Burnley's Pastor Mick warns of dangers of nitazenes drug: Pastor Mick Fleming is now warning people about the dangers of synthetic opioids ...
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Burnley's Pastor Mick warns of dangers of nitazenes drug
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Scientists urge FDA to rescind approval of test for opioid addiction risk: Regulators authorized AvertD against the backdrop of the crushing overdose crisis.
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Scientists urge FDA to rescind approval of test for opioid addiction risk
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Local, foreign authorities intercept semi-submersible vessel carrying 5,000+lbs of cocaine - Guyana Chronicle
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Local, foreign authorities intercept semi-submersible vessel carrying 5 ...