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Wife: Slipknot Bassist’s Final Days Blur of Drug Abuse – USA TODAY
Wife: Slipknot bassist’s final days blur of drug abuse – USA TODAY
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Wife: Slipknot bassist's final days blur of drug abuse
USA TODAY Paul Gray's final weeks were a blur of extreme drug abuse, which neither his doctor nor his bandmates would help his wife confront, she testified in Polk County District Court on Tuesday. Brenna Gray said her husband, the bassist and a founder of the … |
US Officials Call for Greater Use of Medications to Treat Drug Abuse – Voice of America
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US Officials Call for Greater Use of Medications to Treat Drug Abuse
Voice of America More than 15 million people around the world have substance abuse issues, according to the World Health Organization. In the United States, health officials say the abuse of prescription drugs is worsening and that deaths from prescribed painkillers … |
'I Want to Be the Greatest – but Also the Smartest'
'I want to be the greatest – but also the smartest'
Like in most champion boxing gyms the walls are adorned with photos of the subject matter after his many wins, arms aloft, belts wrapped around waist, fallen foes in the background. Career in pictures: Floyd … Floyd Senior would then be jailed for …
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Book Review: 'The Sun Made Me Sneeze' by Jon D. Gemma
Diagnosed with Schizo-Affective Bipolar Disorder, Gemma wanted to further study the psychotic personality, autism, psychotherapy, drug abuse, suicidal fixations, and revenge. But the book also explores his interest in metaphysical language poetry, and …
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Community Advisory Board: The harder we try, the more we overreach
The Drug Policy Alliance estimates that the United States spends $ 51 billion annually on the War on Drugs. In 1971 Richard Nixon declared that … The misuse and abuse of drugs is certainly a public health issue, but the United States' approach has …
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The Secret World of Drug-Addict Doctors – Daily Beast
The Secret World of Drug-Addict Doctors – Daily Beast
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The Secret World of Drug–Addict Doctors
Daily Beast The number of drug- and alcohol-addicted physicians and nurses is estimated at 10% to 14%, similar to the general population. The subset comprised by drug addicts alone is not known, but the composition of those with a drug (not alcohol) problem is … |
Wife: Slipknot bassist’s final days blur of drug abuse – USA TODAY
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Wife: Slipknot bassist's final days blur of drug abuse
USA TODAY Paul Gray's final weeks were a blur of extreme drug abuse, which neither his doctor nor his bandmates would help his wife confront, she testified in Polk County District Court on Tuesday. Brenna Gray said her husband, the bassist and a founder of the … Paul Gray's widow details his dark descent into drug addiction Widow of Slipknot bassist testifies Paul Gray spent final weeks in 'blur' of drugs and Slipknot bandmates did not … |
Combating Prescription Drug Abuse – Petaluma Argus Courier
Combating prescription drug abuse – Petaluma Argus Courier
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Combating prescription drug abuse
Petaluma Argus Courier It was Easter weekend in 2012, but Carolyn, a lifelong Penngrove resident, wasn't paying attention to the family party at her grandparents' house, where her young cousins hunted for eggs while the adults sipped lemonade on the patio. She was too … |
Prescription Drug Abuse – Google News
Pre-teen prescription drug abuse rising in Lincoln County – KMOV.com
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Pre-teen prescription drug abuse rising in Lincoln County
KMOV.com (KMOV.com) – Officials have told News 4 that prescription drug abuse is rising among pre-teens in Lincoln County. Authorities have told News 4 that more people are abusing prescription drugs than heroin, LSD, inhalants, and cocaine combined. According … |
Prescription Drug Abuse – Google News
Oklahoma Tackles the Prescription Drug Abuse Epidemic – Huffington Post
Combating Prescription Drug Abuse – Petaluma Argus Courier
Combating prescription drug abuse – Petaluma Argus Courier
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Combating prescription drug abuse
Petaluma Argus Courier Today, she's trying not to be angry about the two years of her life she lost to a painkiller addiction. Her downward spiral started off like so many: she was prescribed painkillers after a routine surgery and began taking the pills recreationally. One … |
Prescription Drug Abuse – Google News
Pre-teen prescription drug abuse rising in Lincoln County – KMOV.com
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Pre-teen prescription drug abuse rising in Lincoln County
KMOV.com (KMOV.com) – Officials have told News 4 that prescription drug abuse is rising among pre-teens in Lincoln County. Authorities have told News 4 that more people are abusing prescription drugs than heroin, LSD, inhalants, and cocaine combined. According … |
Prescription Drug Abuse – Google News
Oklahoma Tackles the Prescription Drug Abuse Epidemic – Huffington Post
A Growing Number of Americans: Drug Abuse Is a Health Issue, Not a Crime
A Growing Number of Americans: Drug Abuse Is a Health Issue, Not a Crime
The U.S. Department of Justice reports that in 2011 nearly half of all inmates in federal prison were serving time for drug offenses, while the Washington Post notes that 20 percent of all inmates in state prison are currently there for similar reasons …
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Oklahoma Tackles the Prescription Drug Abuse Epidemic
Everyone knows someone who has been seriously affected by prescription drug abuse. Yet, when a report issued late last year revealed that the leading cause of accidental death in the United States is drug overdose — primarily from prescription drugs …
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