14 Arrested In Boat Seizures
TAMPA - One of the nation's largest drug investigations netted 14 suspects in two boat seizures off Central America, the U.S. attorney's office announced.
The arrests, linked with Operation Panama Express, include 10 people on a Guatemalan fishing boat and four Colombians on a speedboat.
Suspects on the fishing boat threw more than 3 tons of cocaine overboard as a Coast Guard vessel approached, a news release said.
The speedboat was set on fire, but 2 tons of cocaine was seized. Indictments charge the group with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine.
Operation Panama Express targets the Cali drug cartel and has seized more than 140 tons of cocaine in less than three years.
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A Million Americans in Addiction Treatment Daily
The newly released 2000 National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment
Services shows that on any given day, more than one million people are
receiving treatment for alcohol and other drug addiction, according to a
July 31 press release from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration (SAMHSA).
According to the survey, 89 percent of treatment clients were enrolled in
outpatient care, 9 percent were in residential rehabilitation, and 2
percent were enrolled in residential detoxification, hospital inpatient
rehabilitation, and hospital inpatient detoxification.
The survey also revealed that 48 percent of all clients were in treatment
for both alcohol and drug addiction, 29 percent were in treatment for drug
addiction only, and 23 percent were in treatment for alcohol addiction
only.
"This annual survey tells us where the substance-abuse treatment system is
going, to help us analyze system trends and forecast resource
requirements," said SAMHSA Administrator Charles G. Curie. "At SAMHSA,
building treatment capacity is a top priority.
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