Cocaine bust derails fledgling GOP congressman
Cocaine bust derails fledgling GOP congressman
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… in as a member of Congress, the rookie Republican – who supported drug testing for food stamp recipients and championed cuts in sheep-farm subsidies, of all things – pleaded guilty to cocaine possession, took a leave of absence from politics and …
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A renewed war on powerful pain meds threatens to hurt…
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"There's an epidemic of prescription drug abuse and addiction in the US, and opioids are at the head of the pack,” says Caleb Alexander, co-director of the Center for Drug Safety and Effectiveness and Johns Hopkins University. “The opioids are the …
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Florida congressman has a Rob Ford moment (and hardly anyone notices)
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But I'd also note that politicians who get in trouble for drugs feel public pressure to seek rehab even if they never had an addiction. Radel wouldn't be allowed to say “I do coke because it is fun and I don't have any problem requiring treatment” even …
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Trey Radel sentenced to probation, plans to enter rehab in Florida after …
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Radel's attorney, David Schertler, said the congressman has been receiving outpatient drug treatment at the Executive Addiction Disease Program in Washington. Schertler had sought a sentence of six months of unsupervised probation, saying it was Radel …
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