Instead, he proposes a special drugs court which would give non-violent offenders non-custodial sentences and counselling.
In December, Ms Stewart and Mr Carter were found guilty in a special drugs court and sentenced to 10 years in prison.
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As a result, the U.S. government offers special monopolies for drugs that treat orphan diseases.
In 1983 the U.S. enacted a law giving special protection from competition for drugs for rare diseases.
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Also notable is that oral contraceptives are singled out, among thousands of drugs, for special treatment through the ban on co-pay requirements.
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But some plans require patients to take less-expensive generic versions of cholesterol drugs except in special circumstances, and many states require pharmacies to fill prescriptions with lower-priced generics.
Pharmacies such as the New England Compounding Center create alternative versions of medicines, such as liquid forms of drugs, to meet special needs.
The plane was confiscated by the East Midlands Special Operations Unit, which said drugs were taken by road from Amsterdam to France, where they were loaded onto the aircraft and flown into Northamptonshire.
There are 13 drugs which were not sold in much of the developed world, and the report said none of these drugs "have any special or specific relevance to the medical needs of India".
Under Mr Simons' scheme, which is being implemented in Nigeria and Ghana, a scratch-off panel on the packaging reveals a code which can be texted to a special number to verify that the drugs are genuine.
They are also more likely to be consigned to special education classes or prescribed mood-managing drugs.
She says the campaign against drugs and gangs has floundered since special units were disbanded.
He also noted the ability of drug traffickers tied to Venezuela to weld special compartments onto the outside of ships to carry drugs to Europe.
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"This organisation was brazen enough not to conceal the drugs in clothes... but they brazenly put the drugs in pieces of luggage", special agent Brian Moskowitz told the Detroit Free Press.
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Alternatives to drugs can be time consuming and may require special skills.
"Well, I've been in (law enforcement) for over 20 years, and it seems like within the last five to 10 years they have gotten really, really creative in how they bring their drugs across, " said Andy Adame, special operations supervisor for the Joint Field Command Arizona of U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
The futuristic weaponry of our special ops teams gets passed on to fight the war on drugs.
Whereas only 13% of defendants treated in the usual way by the courts were free of drugs in the month before sentencing, those on the special scheme managed 32%.
Sun Dahong, the police chief who heads Yunnan's anti-drug enforcement, says that the province is the first to set up a special force of 13, 000 armed police, soldiers and customs guards to stop drugs getting in or, once in, from getting out.
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Teachers at an independent special school in Derbyshire are on strike after one of them was asked to take a random drugs test.
Thursday, 5 November, to consider the results of the high-level segment of the fifty-second session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs and conclude its consideration of the Report of the Human Rights Council on its Twelfth Special Session.
Portugal has not legalised drugs but it has a system of not imposing criminal penalties on drug users who enter into special programmes designed to end their habits.
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