Nevada Addiction Services to Be Stretched by Reform

Nevada addiction services to be stretched by reform – Nevada’s already-stretched addiction services are facing even more strain as tens of thousands of people become newly eligible for treatment under the health…

Jackson death doctor had huge debts, trial hears

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Detective Orlando Martinez, who investigated Jackson's death on June 25, 2009 — days before the tour was due to start — said Murray had debts in various places, including the US states of Nevada and Missouri, some of over $ 100,000. "Does this …
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Las Vegas Man Draws Long Sentence in Major Oxycodone Case

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Osemwengie pled guilty in December for his pivotal role in an oxycodone distribution ring that operated in Nevada, Oregon and 10 other states between January 2008 and his arrest in March 2011. He became the 18th defendant convicted in a case dubbed …
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The TV Teaser That Depresses

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HBO's icky “Cathouse” franchise, about the Moonlite Bunny Ranch brothel in Nevada, has been going for years. Cinemax has “Working Girls,” a “Cathouse” spinoff of sorts. These and other sex-fantasy charades, though, contain no more “reality” than …
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Portland judge sends high rolling Las Vegas oxycodone dealer to long stretch …

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The pills have a high addiction rate, said John F. Deits, who heads federal drug prosecutions in Oregon. "Then they get too … In fact, he owed money to family members and had student loan debts to the University of Nevada Las Vegas. In all, he owed …
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