Christie Speaks With Compassion on Drug Addiction and Treatment
Christie speaks with compassion on drug addiction and treatment
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(CNN) – Republican Gov. Chris Christie teamed up with former Democratic Gov. Jim McGreevey to talk about drug addiction on Thursday, the same day Christie signed a bill aimed to improve treatment programs in New Jersey correctional facilities and … Read more on CNN (blog)
Treating Drug Abuse as a Disease, Not a Crime
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The survey asked 1,821 Americans, "In dealing with drug policy, should government focus more on providing treatment for people who use illegal drugs such as heroin and cocaine, or do you think it should focus more on prosecuting people who use these … Read more on The Atlantic
27 Indicted in Federal Drug, Homicide Case in Milwaukee
27 indicted in federal drug, homicide case in Milwaukee
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"The neighborhoods that have long been victimized by the destructive trafficking in illegal drugs, their use of firearms, their use of dirty money to purchase assets can now begin working toward a restoration they want and deserve." Some of the … An … Read more on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
La Crosse police arrest pair who fled raid, hit squad car
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Boyland, who police said is believed to be from the Milwaukee area, is wanted on several felony charges, including manufacturing cocaine base and being party to possession with intent to deliver 1 to 5 grams of cocaine base. Knox, of the Rose Street … Read more on La Crosse Tribune
Using Strategies Reserved for Disease Outbreak, Activists Try to “Cure” Urban …
Using Strategies Reserved for Disease Outbreak, Activists Try to “Cure” Urban …
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When given a hammer, things have a way of looking like nails. … Dubbed “big data” for the sheer quantity of inputs, billion dollar baby companies like Palantir now use everything from tweets to purchase information to predict war, violence, and crime … Read more on Daily Beast
Editorial: Battle vs illegal drugs
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But, it is potentially risky to one's health. It affects the body in a variety of ways. It constricts blood vessels, dilates pupils, and increases body temperature, heart rate, and blood pressure. Because cocaine tends to decrease appetite, chronic … Read more on Sun.Star
Community Coalition Confronts Prescription Drug Abuse
Community coalition confronts prescription drug abuse
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Prescription drug abuse accounts for about 45 percent of all overdose deaths, which is more than heroin, cocaine and other illegal drugs combined, according to the Foundation for a Drug-Free World. Those at … Even if the drug was prescribed, Nozicka … Read more on Lake County News Sun
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It's compulsive. His one addiction “when you hear it [ball hitting the net] you spend the whole of the next week longing to hear it again,” Huntelaar told UEFA.com. “It's like the elixir of life.” Louis van Gaal, current Oranje …. “I was often alone … Read more on A Football Report
Rob Ford Adds Ben Johnson — Best Known for Losing His 1988 Olympic Medal in …
Rob Ford adds Ben Johnson — best known for losing his 1988 Olympic medal in …
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The mayor, who has admitted to smoking crack cocaine, didn't seem concerned about the optics of aligning himself with Mr. Johnson, who was stripped of an Olympic gold medal at the '88 Seoul Games after testing positive for an anabolic steroid. Related … Read more on National Post
Video: 'Osage,' 'Smaug,' 'Grudge Match' coming April 8
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Razor is lured out of retirement for the bout he evaded three decades earlier, and all the requisite training scenes — the jabbing and jogging, raw-egg-swilling and truck-pulling — are nearly as exhilarating as they were in 1976. … Cohen Film … Read more on The Macomb Daily
Healthwatch: Cocaine Addiction
Healthwatch: Cocaine Addiction – Pamela Vanmeer reports on the addictive power of cocaine, and talks to a man who knows what it’s like to live with that addiction.
Wes Bentley interview: My mission of recovery after nearly a decade lost to drugs
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Two years later, he made the period drama The Four Feathers with Heath Ledger, by which point he was in the grip of a damaging heroin and cocaine habit – formed to “escape expectations”, he says. Bentley's tale is hardly original. He was born in … Read more on The Independent
Cocaine use is going to pot
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The use of cocaine across the U.S. halved from 2006 to 2010, while the amount of illegal marijuana bought increased by nearly one-third over the same period, according to a new report, “ What America's Users Spend on Illegal Drugs, 2000-2010 ,” by the … Read more on MarketWatch