Dave Eggers Seeks More Awareness for Drug Abuse
Dave Eggers Seeks More Awareness for Drug Abuse
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As a community we can bring more attention to this problem of addiction, and on how accessing those drugs can occur by others looking for “recreational” abuse. There are countless sad stories in our community of how family members became addicted and …
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LA Times Investigates Doctors' Connection To Prescription Drug Abuse
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Prescription overdoses kill more people than heroin and cocaine. An L.A. Times review of coroners' records finds that drugs prescribed by a small number of doctors caused or contributed to a disproportionate number of deaths (Glover and Girion, 11/11).
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Addicted prison inmates wait for help
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While the stories differed some, they were brought together by the common themes of substance abuse and their shared history with the law. The women, inmates at the Western Kentucky Correctional Complex near Eddyville, were locked up for selling drugs, …
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Britney Spears Trial: Sam Lufti Says Spears was a Drug Addict
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Britney Spears's former "manager" Sam Lufti testified Wednesday saying the pop star was on drugs and he was the one person who tried to save her from ruining her life and career. Lufti is suing the Spears family for libel and breach of contract. Spears …
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