The No-Help Cycle: Jail Fails Addicts
The No-Help Cycle: Jail Fails Addicts
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She hopes the Bronx criminal court offers her husband, a heroin addict, a residential substance abuse treatment program in exchange for sentence time. … Charlie, a long-time cocaine and heroin user, is at the start of a multi-year stint in upstate NY …
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NJ Issues “Best Practice” Recommendations For Pharmacy Security
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NEWARK – As part of Attorney General Jeffrey S. Chiesa's multi-tiered strategy to fight the growing epidemic of prescription drug abuse, and following an extensive dialogue with representatives of the pharmacy industry and law enforcement, the New …
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More than 330 kids see parents die of drug abuse
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Cocaine and ecstasy were implicated in 33 and nine deaths respectively, while alcohol was implicated in 93 drugs-related deaths. In some cases, more than one drug was implicated. The 2011 figures show over … If those parents who are dying now because …
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11 Examples of Politico's Addiction to Anonymous Sources, Journalism Crack
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Politico's July 25, 2011 article, "Debt Story reliant on Secret Sourcing," quotes Wendell Cochran, a journalism professor at American University who teaches ethics , describing anonymous sources as the “crack cocaine of journalism.” Seemingly unaware …
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