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Chuck Schumer Pushes Drug and Immigration Reform
Lately, much attention has been brought to the plight that is heroin addiction here in the United States, with much unfortunate thanks going to the death of actor Phillip Seymour Hoffman, who died of a heroin overdose last month. The …
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Sen. Markey addresses heroin addiction in Western MA
In the last four months, state officials told CBS 3 that there have been 19 overdose deaths in Hampshire and Franklin counties alone. Right now, they said that is a number that will only continue to rise.
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Illinois officials give warnings, seek answers to heroin problem
A meeting Friday at the Madison County Board Room drew dozens of people, including recovering addicts and families of drug abusers.
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Vermont Heroin Capital of America
Vermont is facing a horrific heroin epidemic. As a result, the federal government is looking to stop this trend. With the highest rate of illicit drug use among teens between the ages of 12 and 17 in the nation at over 15.45 percent (five percent above …
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Locals fight FDA-approved Zohydro pain killer which experts say is 10 times …
Doctors and professionals fighting drug addiction across the United States are up in arms over a new drug approved by the FDA called Zohydro. The drug was created to treat those with chronic pain. The problem is, it's said to be 10 times more powerful …
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Reconsidering Mandatory Minimum Sentences: The Arguments for and Against …
[8] That law did not withdraw all sentencing discretion from district courts; it did, however, establish the United States Sentencing Commission and directed it to promulgate Sentencing Guidelines that would regulate and channel the discretion that …
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Is The Philip Seymour Hoffman Gay Lover Lawsuit Ethical?
In its February 17, 2014 edition, the National Enquirer's front page story claimed playwright David Bar Katz was Hoffman's gay lover, that he had seen Hoffman freebase cocaine the night before Hoffman's death, and that he had seen Hoffman use heroin on …
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Hoffman's death spotlights U.S. heroin epidemic
NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES – The shocking death of Oscar-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman from a suspected drug overdose has spotlighted a growing epidemic of heroin use across the United States, officials warn. Hoffman, a 46-year-old father of …
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Hoffman died from toxic mix of drugs
NEW YORK – Oscar-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman died from 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 …
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Readers sound off on Spike Lee, Con Ed and gay rights
Far worse was the rampant open-air drug dealing that sprung up. The final straw was getting a glass Snapple … The tragic nature of his death, and addiction, was not the object of the tribute. A modest degree of sensitivity makes … Also, I never …
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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.    Read more...

Putnam County is not immune to heroin epidemic – Delphos Herald

Putnam County is not immune to heroin epidemic Delphos Herald We don't see the decline of a person who gets hooked on heroin. “Those that are truly addicted will take it simply not to feel bad because of the withdrawal. They'll just take it to be normal again,” explained Aaron Baumgartner, director of Pathways …

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Heroin Statistics in the United States – Heroin affects the lives of many people in the US: – Since the US invasion of Afghanistan, the heroin output has increased over 5000% – In 2008 and 2009, th…