[Ost-news] Alberta tar sands affecting drug habits in Newfoundland

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Alberta oil sands affecting drug habits in Newfoundland  
BY PAUL HERRIDGE  
The Southern Gazette (Nfld)

Sergeant Wayne Edgecombe, of the Burin Peninsula District RCMP Detachment, acknowledged cocaine use in rural Newfoundland was a rarity two decades ago.  
Not anymore.  
Since the oil boom in Alberta exploded a couple of years ago, and people from this province began regularly travelling back and forth on shift rotations, the situation has changed dramatically.  
Cocaine has joined marijuana as the drug of choice in Newfoundland and Labrador, some might say even overtaken.

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