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Tennessee to Criminalize Pregnancy

Tennessee to Criminalize Pregnancy
Last week, the proposed legislation to allow for criminal assault charges to be brought against drug-addicted pregnant women overwhelmingly passed the Tennessee Senate with bipartisan support after already sailing through the House. The bill states …
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Here's Why It's So Difficult For Heroin Addicts To Get Treatment
Patty DiRenzo pauses as she uses a computer at her home in Blackwood, N.J., to look online for people seeking help for drug addiction. Her son was found dead of … We'll put him on a waiting list. Call back in two weeks. As Marchese grew sicker with …
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Training sessions set for anti-overdose drug Narcan — all are open to the
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Police have used the anti-overdose medicine naloxone to save three lives on Staten Island this year, and now borough residents can go to a series of training sessions on how to use the potentially life-saving drug themselves. The …
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