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Cancer experts urge greater focus on prevention
Cancer is not an inescapable fate. But while prevention can save millions of lives much more cheaply than treatment, it remains an underfunded, much-neglected weapon in the anti-cancer arsenal, experts say.
Fatal Overdoses From Fentanyl Sold as Cocaine Detailed in Harrowing CDC Report
In a harrowing snapshot of the ongoing opioid crisis in America, federal health officials published a report today detailing an 8-hour period in New Haven, Connecticut, last June that saw a wave of 12 overdose cases brought to one hospital -- three of them fatal -- when a potent opioid called fentanyl was sold as cocaine. The opioid crisis has continued to worsen in the U.S., with 33,000 deaths attributed to the drugs obtained both illicitly and by prescription in 2015, more than any year on record, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Today's report from the CDC revealed how the opioid crisis could even effect other drug users with deadly results after fentanyl was sold as cocaine.
Albanian authorities call for capture of cannabis kingpin
By Benet Koleka TIRANA (Reuters) - Albania's Security Council called on law enforcement agencies on Friday to arrest a fugitive cannabis kingpin to quell doubts among NATO partners of the country's resolve to fight the drugs trade. President Bujar Nishani, chairing the meeting, said the failure to catch Klement Balili had stained Albania's image, as his drugs ring had spread to the territory of neighboring countries and NATO allies. "Our (NATO) partners and international law-enforcement agencies want this issue solved as soon as possible and have expressed their concerns several times," Nishani said, according to a statement from his office.
Cancer experts urge greater focus on prevention
Cancer is not an inescapable fate. Some 14 million new cancers are diagnosed each year, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) -- a number expected to swell to 21 million by 2030. As the global cost of treatment skyrockets, measures to prevent people getting cancer in the first place are an increasingly important focus in seeking to limit the expected explosion.
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