Drug Abuse

Chevy Chase, Jon Lovitz at Chris Evert Pro-Celebrity Tennis Classic – In a charity event, celebs lined up to help raise donations that already have helped to build The Drug Abuse Foundation of Palm Beach County.

Deaths from legal highs soar 800% as experts warn those taking them: ''You're …
The mum, who launched drug charity the Angelus Foundation in the wake of the tragedy, added: “Young people purchase these substances not believing for a minute they could be harmed by them.” Professor Fabrizio Schifano, of the National Programme on …
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Holder: Restore voting rights for ex-felons
The bill would lower the federal mandatory minimum sentences for certain nonviolent drug crimes from 20, 10 and five years to 10, five and two years, allow certain offenders to qualify for reduced sentences, and make the law reducing the disparity in …
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Jacobo reports on DCF's revamped focus on investigators
Jacobo described how the agency has launched a pilot program to pair two investigators, one more experienced than the other, in Polk and Miami-Dade counties, a recommendaiton made by the Casey Family Foundation which conducted a critical report of how …
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