death penalty

Helping a Heroin Addict | Tony’s Story of His Son’s Heroin Addiction – My Treatment My Choice


 

Helping a heroin addict | Tony’s story of his son’s heroin addiction – My Treatment My Choice – Damien became heroin dependent aged 21, an addiction which ultimately ended with his death. Hear Damien’s father Tony tell his story and reflect on his feeli…

 

Electronic cigarettes growing in popularity with teens

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"The risk for nicotine addiction and initiation of the use of conventional cigarettes or other tobacco products" among these students is a "serious concern," they wrote. Cigarette smoking is responsible for more than 440,000 deaths each year, including …
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US woman on death row released

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Milke, whose mother was a German who married a US air force military policeman in Berlin in the early 1960s, has drawn strong support from citizens of that nation and Switzerland, neither of which has the death penalty. Max Krucker, former president of …
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Victoria Recovery Day offers chance to celebrate overcoming addictions

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By speaking about her struggles and her disease, Ball hopes to help erase the stigma attached to addiction and ease the way for others too afraid to ask for help. “You're … They have families. They travel. They don't advertise the fact they are in …
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