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Ex-Addicts, Others at Rockford Hearing Tell Legislators About Heroin’s Deadly Hold – Rockford Register Star
Ex-addicts, others at Rockford hearing tell legislators about heroin’s deadly hold – Rockford Register Star
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Ex-addicts, others at Rockford hearing tell legislators about heroin's deadly hold
Rockford Register Star ROCKFORD – Kayla Ayers, 22, had been addicted to heroin since she was 13 years old. She'd had a troubled youth. "I watched addiction numb mother and father," she told Illinois legislators and 50 other people during a four-hour hearing today at Rock … |
A Poet Mines Memories of Drug Addiction
A Poet Mines Memories of Drug Addiction
It described how he — a heroin addict with white, middle-class roots — was let off by the police with a warning inside an East Harlem tenement while his would-be connection, a Puerto Rican ex-con, was stripped, arrested and clubbed. He recounted the …
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François Sagan: 'She did what she wanted'
Whisky, cocaine and a gambling addiction had been her companions in success, eventually joined during her personal and professional decline by heroin, yet another drain on rapidly diminishing resources. The flicker of a revival came in 1984 when she …
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Star staff proves worth as award finalists
Nick's entry was his series, “Heroin in Marion: Recovering from Addiction.” Nick has been relentless in his reporting on … James has been tapped in the Best Photographer category, Best Sports Photo and Best Photo Essay. Bill is a finalist in the Best …
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NH Report: Heroin Addiction Has Grown 90 Percent – Biddeford Journal Tribune
NH report: Heroin addiction has grown 90 percent – Biddeford Journal Tribune
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NH report: Heroin addiction has grown 90 percent
Biddeford Journal Tribune The state Bureau of Drug and Alcohol Services released a report Wednesday describing how use of the highly addictive drug is reaching epidemic proportions in New Hampshire – and across the country. But it also includes information on ways to curb the … Report shows heroin use reaching epidemic proportions in NH Heroin Use in NH Reaching 'Epidemic' Proportions Your View: Treatment, research on heroin addiction are needed today |
Should We Legalize Drugs in America?
Question by Foghorn: Should we legalize drugs in America?
I’m not a pot head and personally I don’t even touch the stuff. I admit that I do drink on occasion but I have no addiction whatsoever. I amaze all my friends and family with that one. I am just not an addictive person. I was watching the CNBC show “Marijuana USA” and I admit that if we legalize it. I think it would be better cause it worked for Portugal. The first country in the world to legalize all drugs. Amazing right from Socialist to freedom.
Drug-Testing Proposal Sparks Debate in North Pocono
Drug-testing proposal sparks debate in North Pocono
Today's meeting will include an educational component with facts and figures about drugs and information about resources for people who are struggling with drug addiction, Mr. Ianni said. We welcome user discussion on our site, under the following …
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NYC Official: Hoffman Died From Toxic Mix of Drugs
NYC official: Hoffman died from toxic mix of drugs
NEW YORK (AP) — Philip Seymour Hoffman died from taking a combination of heroin, cocaine and other drugs, the New York City medical examiner ruled Friday, a toxic mix that addiction specialists say is not uncommon in the tens of thousands of overdose deaths in the U.S. each year.
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NYC official: Hoffman died of toxic mix of drugs
NEW YORK—Philip Seymour Hoffman died from taking a combination of heroin, cocaine and other drugs, the New York City medical examiner ruled Friday, a toxic mix that addiction specialists say is not uncommon in the tens of thousands of overdose deaths in the U.
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'Heroin: Our Town's Addiction' – A WJAC-TV special
Heroin: Our Town's Addiction – Part 1
Heroin Addiction – Yahoo News Search Results