Illinois Couple Trying to Turn Around After Meth Addiction

Illinois couple trying to turn around after meth addiction

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QUINCY – Justin Richie sat in the basement of his house trying to get one last high. Waiting upstairs were members of the West Central Illinois Task Force. It was Sept. 24, 2012, a day that Richie saw as his last as a free man. "I knew my life was over …
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Super Bowl Casts Spotlight on Gambling Disorder

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For people addicted to gambling, the Super Bowl is a siren's song: a desperate chance to get ahead or dig out of a hole they've already dug. It's a tantalizing opportunity to feed a habit that can lead to financial ruin, criminal activity, destroyed …
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Photograph by: John Mcconnico, The Associated Press Files , Postmedia News

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Where has the money the government has saved in the last 12 years on the backs of our province's neediest students who waited for counsellors, hearing tests, learning assistance, and teacher-librarians etc. gone instead? KATHY LEKO, Port Moody. Use BC …
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A Symbol of Predatory Inequality

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The nation's highest gambling addiction rates – higher in Nevada than in any other state surveyed – have resulted in skyrocketing social costs, which, as legalized gambling continues to expand, threaten to plague other regions of the country desperate …
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