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Bonds Case Prompts Call for New Baseball Hearings in Congress

November 20th, 2007    Posted by: Dr. Dobson



Saying he is “concerned that Major League Baseball does not have in place a sound policy addressing steroid use in the sport,” Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-Fla.) is calling for new hearings in the wake of home-run king Barry Bonds’ recent indictment on perjury charges, AFP reported Sept. 18.

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Cocaine Price Increase, Purity Drop Prompts Drug-War Success Claims

October 5th, 2007    Posted by: Dr. Dobson



A recent rise in the street price and drop in the purity of cocaine in the U.S. had federal and Mexican antidrug officials claiming a big victory, Reuters reported Oct. 1.

Between January and June, the average price of a gram of cocaine on U.S. streets increased 24 percent, while purity fell 11 percent. “This impact is historic, this is real progress,” said Rafael Lemaitre, a spokesman for the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy.

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