drug enforcement agency says that there is no connection southwest asian heroin is by far the most common type of heroin produced in the world however its availability in the u.s. market is very low the u.n. agency begs to differ in different parts of the united states during has been a resurgence in the consumption of heroin and afghanistan is now producing huge quantities we know a great deal of heroin currently comes from mexico but now of ghana stan is looking at the u.s. for the distribution and consumption of its heroin now the u.s. special inspector for afghanistan says that opioids from afghanistan are coming to the u.s. via canada the u.s. department of homeland security currently lists the flow of illicit drugs as the greatest threat on the northern border for the next time you hear u.s. officials decrying the opioid crisis plaguing the nation and you see images like this. you might also want to keep images like this in mind. artsy new york the managing editor of news site better and today jim dean says the war on terror is simply putting money into the pockets of u.s. intel. an

inspector it says something quite different this is what their report says in towards the fourteen southwest asian heroin accounted for only one percent of the total weight of heroin in the u.s. meanwhile the states of maine the states of massachusetts the states of the state of new hampshire the states of new york governments have declared opium epidemics now at this point overdoses related to heroin have actually reached historic levels in the united states between one thousand nine hundred nine and two thousand and fifteen the amount of heroin related deaths in the usa actually tripled three times what it was before at this point over fifty two thousand people die annually from heroin in the united states so worrying numbers that kaleb open azziz correspondent in new york thank you very much indeed. three members of an a tory a street gang have been killed in a shootout with police in a moscow region courthouse the three were trying to avoid trial for ambushing robbing and killing drivers on moscow streets. was at the scene. shooting that sack has happened here in the moscow reagents a day when

asian tourist destination. it's killed 13 so far. panic in the streets in southwest china, people running is that 6.5 magnitude quake struck last night. rescue crews digging through the rubble in calling people to safety. in their aftershocks, items off the shelves, we know that five tourists are among the dead. as soon as we find that information, we will let you a hospital order to stop delivering babies and offering prenatal care area john gonzalez has more this morning . john? ahn: we know that there is problem, health officials are not saying what the problem is. on the website this nonprofit hospital in greater southeast prides itself in serving the underserved. united medical center has been ordered to stop delivering stop offering prenatal care for the next 90 days. officials are not saying what caused the suspension of services but bottom line, you -- who claimed on delivering babies here need to make other plans. saying that it shine the spotlight on the inadequate health care services for residents and delivers a long overdue sense of urgency. he has been

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