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49ers Break Camp, Reflect on Loss to Seahawks

49ers Break Camp, Reflect on Loss to Seahawks
A reporter asked Smith about how he had handled himself on the field this season, returning to the team after being charged with felony gun charges in San Jose and going through weeks of rehabilitation for alcohol abuse following an arrest in… Continue reading

Read What the Surgeon General Says Smoking Will Do to Your Body

Read what the Surgeon general says smoking will do to your body
2014: “The tobacco industry continues to introduce and market new products that establish and maintain nicotine addiction,” Friday's report says. The percentage of middle and high school students who use electronic or e-cigarettes more than doubled …
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911 Tapes Released in Case Tied to Child Poisoning

911 tapes released in case tied to child poisoning
Police have said Connie Villa told investigators she suffocated her oldest daughter when the girl wouldn't take prescription narcotic drugs. The other children, ages 3, 5 and 8, were treated at a hospital and released. Police say they had trace amounts… Continue reading

Brain-Dead Pregnant Woman: Husband Sues Texas Hospital to Cease Treatment

Brain-dead pregnant woman: Husband sues Texas hospital to cease treatment
DALLAS (AP) — The husband of a brain-dead, pregnant Texas woman on Tuesday sued the hospital keeping her on life support, saying doctors are doing so against her and her family's wishes. The lawsuit filed in state district court asks… Continue reading

Alcoholics Work for Beer in Amsterdam Program

Alcoholics work for beer in Amsterdam program
Floor van Bakkum of the Jellinek clinic, one of the city's best-known addiction treatment clinics, said her organization has a very different approach to treating alcoholism. Fifty-year-old Karel Slinger, participant in a pilot project for alcoholics …
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Teens Sentenced to Weeks in Sexual Assault Case That Ended in Suicide

Teens sentenced to weeks in sexual assault case that ended in suicide
Barry Krisberg, a senior fellow at the UC Berkeley School of Law, told the San Jose Mercury News that the light sentences did not "completely surprise" him. "It's what I call justice by geography. The juvenile court has… Continue reading

Cassidy: Wearable Tech Has Me Dreading the Next Leap Forward

Cassidy: Wearable tech has me dreading the next leap forward
"I think people are scared of their own addiction," he says. "They're like, 'Oh, this is like jumping up a drug. We went from marijuana to meth.' " Tech writer Nicholas Carr has been watching how gateway technologies lead to… Continue reading

America's Safe Haven/dumping Ground for Deported Mexicans

America's safe haven/dumping ground for deported Mexicans
But changing U.S. immigration policies and, to an extent, the criminal reputations of Mexican drug cartels have made Mexicali the world's biggest landing pad for sent-back immigrants. At least 113,539 have been “repatriated” to … of its reputation …
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Treatment Rehab Service San Bernardino | Drug Addiction Center San Bernardino | Detox San Bernardino

Treatment Rehab Service San Bernardino | Drug Addiction Center San Bernardino | Detox San Bernardino — http://sanbernardino.drugalcoholrehabprogram.org/treatment-programs-san-bernardino/ Addiction Treatment San Bernardino, taught addict about the disease of dr…


For Sen. Warren, a focus on kitchen table finances
"Part of the problem we've got is that the federal government pumps billions… Continue reading

NJ Doctor Testifies at NY Insider Trading Trial

NJ doctor testifies at NY insider trading trial
NEW YORK—A doctor testifying at an insider trading trial told a jury on Tuesday that he revealed secrets about the testing of a drug to treat Alzheimer's disease to a large hedge fund's money manager, who paid him $ 1,500 an hour… Continue reading