Jason Leopold – Breaking the Enron Scandal

Jason Leopold – Breaking the Enron Scandal – Complete program at: fora.tv Reporter Jason Leopold describes breaking one of the first stories on Enron’s manipulation of the California energy market in an excerpt from his book, “News Junkie.” This clip contains explicit language. —– Jason Leopold talks about “News Junkie.” “The cutthroat worlds of journalism, politics, and high finance are laid bare by Leopold, whose addictive tendencies led him from a life of drug abuse and petty crime to become an award-winning investigative journalist who exposed some of the biggest corporate and political scandals in recent American history” – Book Passage

Addiction affects the entire family

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“Devastated and naive. You do not want to believe it.” Stories like Hutchinson's are becoming more common in Marion as the heroin problem grows. Her son, whose name Hutchinson wants to be anonymous, began experimenting with drugs about five years …
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The War on Drugs as a War Against Human Nature

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If what was at issue was a concern for people trapped in the jail cells of addiction, the keepers of the nation's conscience would be better advised to address the conditions — poverty, lack of opportunity and education, racial discrimination — from …
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Battle Against Drug Addiction Continues Wednesday Night

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The topics of drug use and drug abuse are difficult ones for families to discuss. But Newhouse said the most important thing parents need to know is that it's critical to find a way to speak with children about the subject, regardless of how …
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