Afghan Wife Maimed for Refusing Drug-Addict Husband’s Cash Demands – CNN
Afghan wife maimed for refusing drug-addict husband’s cash demands – CNN
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Afghan wife maimed for refusing drug–addict husband's cash demands
CNN He needed money for a fix of heroin and crystal meth — an addiction he'd developed over the course of their marriage. When she was married off to him as a child bride at the age of seven, his drug of choice was hashish. But now this man — 20 years … |
Public attitudes and policy toward drug addiction shift – MassLive.com
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Public attitudes and policy toward drug addiction shift
MassLive.com In this Jan. 22, 2014 file photo, Mass. Gov. Deval Patrick gestures during a news conference at the Statehouse in Boston. Patrick last week ordered an outright ban on prescribing and dispensing Zohydro until it is marketed in a form that is difficult … |
Tennessee bill OKs criminal charges for mothers’ prenatal drug use – MSNBC
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Tennessee bill OKs criminal charges for mothers' prenatal drug use
MSNBC A bill to allow criminal assault charges against women whose infants suffer harm from their mothers' prenatal drug abuse may soon be on the books in Tennessee. House Bill 1295 now awaits a signature from Republican Gov. Bill Haslam. The measure would … Tennessee adopts legislation to criminally prosecute drug–addicted pregnant … |
Murder victim struggled with drug addiction, officials say – Arizona Republic
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Murder victim struggled with drug addiction, officials say
Arizona Republic Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio said he was unaware of Feuerstein's drug arrest and could not comment on it, but he said drug use destroys the lives of young people in epidemic proportions and is responsible for a high percentage of crimes … |
Tennessee Passes Legislation to Criminally Prosecute Drug-Addicted Pregnant … – The Wire
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Tennessee Passes Legislation to Criminally Prosecute Drug–Addicted Pregnant …
The Wire Tennessee's legislature gave its approval a bill that would criminalize some drug–addicted pregnant women, depending on the outcome of their pregnancy. The bill, if signed into law, would allow prosecutors to charge a woman with an "assaultive offense … Criminal penalty for prenatal drug use passes House |