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More Cocaine Eluding U.S. Military

January 16th, 2008    Posted by: Dr. Dobson



The U.S. military intercepted the lowest amount of cocaine in 2007 in five years, and officials say smugglers have gotten better at avoiding detection, the Associated Press reported Jan. 14.

“The bad guy is moving faster than we’re moving,” said Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

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Future doctors flunk military medical ethics test

December 9th, 2007    Posted by: Dr. Dobson

Medical students get a failing grade on their knowledge of physicians’ ethical obligations during wartime, according to a new study authored by a team of Harvard Medical School physicians.

The authors said their study, published in October in the International Journal of Health Services, should prompt medical schools to educate future doctors more thoroughly on the ethical questions they could face in an age of terror and torture.

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