Forced Abortion Highlights Abuses in China Policy
Forced abortion highlights abuses in China policy
Several people pinned her head, arms, knees and ankles to a hospital bed before driving a syringe of labor-inducing drugs into her stomach. She was seven months pregnant … She traveled with her husband to the capital to demand help paying for her… Continue reading
Ex-Doctor in Okla. Charged With 9 Counts of Murder
Ex-doctor in Okla. charged with 9 counts of murder
Green died in September 2012 at the age of 33 from drug toxicity, and now the doctor who prescribed her hundreds of pain pills, William Martin Valuck, 71, is facing a murder charge for her death and the deaths of seven… Continue reading
Foreign Countries Want Uruguay to Export Weed
Foreign Countries Want Uruguay To Export Weed
Countries that permit the medicinal use of marijuana — including Canada, Chile and Israel — are looking to tiny Uruguay for supplies, following the South American country's unprecedented legalization of the government sale of the soft drug, Uruguayan …
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Addiction Treatment Dallas Texas | Alcohol and Drug Rehab Centers Dallas
Addiction Treatment Dallas Texas | Alcohol and Drug Rehab Centers Dallas — http://rehabdallastexas.com Addiction Treatment Dallas Texas focus on drug and alcohol abuse through counseling, clean and sober living facilities, detox in …
Coroner finds infant died of asphyxia in father's care
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Why Do People Have Trouble Quitting World of Warcraft?
Question by Jonathan H: Why do people have trouble quitting World of Warcraft?
It’s something that I’ve never understood when it comes to videogame addiction. I understand the Skinner-box methods used to condition players into having fun, but what was it about this game that kept you playing?
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A Tale of Two Prisoners
A Tale of Two Prisoners
Meet Prisoner A: Incarcerated at Soledad Prison in California for a botched armed robbery committed in the thrall of an expensive drug addiction, Prisoner A is 3 years into a 10-year sentence. Committed to rehab and clean and sober for two years, A …
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Danny Dyer Reads Out His Reflective Haikus (VIDEOS)
Danny Dyer Reads Out His Reflective Haikus (VIDEOS)
The San Jose Repertory Theatre's production of <em>A Minister's Wife</em> is less a musical (or comedy) and more a chamber opera or play with music. Although beautifully framed ….. After serving time in the U.S. Navy and dancing in several Broadway …… Continue reading
Obamacare to Cover Breast Cancer Prevention Drugs
Obamacare To Cover Breast Cancer Prevention Drugs
The panel said it found "adequate evidence" that treatment with one of those drugs "can significantly reduce the relative risk (RR) for invasive ER-positive breast cancer in postmenopausal women who are at increased risk for breast cancer." The …
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"Drugs Aren't the Problem": Neuroscientist Carl Hart on Brain Science and …
"Drugs Aren't the Problem": Neuroscientist Carl Hart on Brain Science and …
CARL HART: Well, when we think about alcohol, about 10 percent of the people—10 to 15 percent of the people who use alcohol are addicted or meet criteria for alcoholism; for crack cocaine, about 15 to 20 percent—the… Continue reading
Ex-Users Help Heroin Addicts Out of Death Spiral
Ex-users help heroin addicts out of death spiral
Larry Soper is a residential manager at the Interval Brotherhood Home in Coventry Township, Ohio, where many of the area's heroin addicts go for residential treatment. It's a facility funded by taxpayers through the county Alcohol Drug and Mental …
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