Parents Tell Stories of Drug Addiction
Parents tell stories of drug addiction – Three parents who lost children to drugs talk about what their children went through before they died.
Mental Disorders Are Risk Factors For Accidental Death
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The strongest risk factor for death by accident was alcohol abuse—a 14-fold increased risk for women and a nine-fold risk for men—and other substance use disorders—an eight-fold risk for women and a 10-fold risk for men. Yet several other mental …
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How America's Biggest Jail System Just Got Bigger
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Advocates of prisoners' rights hoped the county would respond to the growth of the county's jail population by investing more heavily in alternatives to incarceration, like substance-abuse treatment centers and the electronic monitoring of nonviolent …
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Girlfriends who allegedly bought guns, gave them to gang members are caught …
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Some of these women had no major criminal history — such as a felony or domestic abuse conviction — that barred them from buying guns. But once they turned the … All nine remain in custody and await trial on drug and gun charges. The latest sweep …
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