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McGovern, who had blood running from his right arm and a spoon on the console next to him — both indicators of heroin use, police said. Police said they also found a box … He was wearing an orange shirt over his face, sunglasses, a baseball hat on …
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Man Named Gary Beats Crack Addiction For Sake Of His Dog, And Now He's
And each time Gary smoked, the 2-year-old German Shepherd, golden lab-retriever mix would scratch at the door to get out — that, or throw up. So Gary quit smoking crack. … Gypsy was a heroin addict who prostituted to support her habit. Tina Konkin …
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Jailed: Devout Muslim Jubel Miah admitted common assault by beating
Jubel Miah, 21 – who in 2010 was sent to a young offenders institute for possessing heroin with intent to supply – had ordered his terrified spouse to wear a full niqab after she said she was going to college to study. Initially he … The unnamed wife …
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Self-medication … alcohol is fast becoming the working woman's best friend
I ask Leslie Buckley, the psychiatrist who heads the women's addiction program at Toronto's University Health Network, if she sees a pattern in the professional women who come to see her. She doesn't skip a beat: … In fact, between 1969 and 1982 …
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