Drug Abuse

Drug Addiction: Loss of state funding prompts drug court changes – StarNewsOnline.com

Loss of state funding prompts drug court changes StarNewsOnline.com Five years sober this June, he says life is good since he kicked a 32-year drug addiction. George began abusing substances in high school, eventually turning to just about everything but heroin, he said. He became unreliable, lost jobs and acquired a … and more »

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Drug Addiction: Drug abuse rising in Myanmar

A region that is notorious for its international drug trade, Myanmar’s Golden Triangle has developed a drug problem in its backyard as well. Although the government keeps a tight lid on drug abuse and HIV infection statistics, experts say that up to half of the young people in the area are battling drug addiction. The name of Al Jazeera’s correspondent has been withheld to secure her safety as international journalists are banned from reporting from inside Myanmar.

Drug Addiction: Glee’s Corey Monteith Reveals Past Drug Use & Rehab Stay
by Radar Staff Glee ‘s Cory Monteith has broken his silence about his past, which surprisingly includes battles with drug addiction. The Victoria, British Columbia native, tells Sunday’s Parade he’s “not Finn Hudson,” his fresh-faced alter ego on the Fox hit. “I’m lucky on so many counts — I’m lucky to be alive,” he said, noting his youth, adolescence and teens were plagued by the isolation he …
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Drug Addiction: Pharmacy victims’ kin rage at ‘killer’ as he pleads not guilty
Relatives of the drugstore-massacre victims yesterday ripped weaselly madman David Laffer in a Long Island courtroom, where he was formally charged with slaughtering four innocents to fuel his wife’s painkiller habit. “You’re a coward for what you did to these families!” shouted James Fegel, whose niece, bride-to-be Jamie…
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