Philip Seymour Hoffman's Death Brings Attention to Drug Addiction
Philip Seymour Hoffman's death brings attention to drug addiction
Peter Shumlin, whose State of the State address in January focused only on drug addiction, said treatment for all opiate addiction had increased 770 percent since 2000 in Vermont. “What started as an OxyContin and prescription drug addiction problem in …
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Presidential disconnect on pot
The drug has put hundreds of thousands in treatment over the past ten years, accelerated emergency room incidents according to the Centers for Disease Control, and raised levels of drugged driving, domestic abuse and marijuana-associated crime …
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'Aid in Dying' Movement Takes Hold in Some States
Last May, the Vermont Legislature passed a law permitting it, joining Montana, Oregon and Washington. … Mr. Mitton's predicament illustrates a seldom-discussed side of the debate: the anguish experienced, and the sometimes desperate measures taken …
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