Overly Long Sentences: Adjust Painkiller Law
Overly Long Sentences: Adjust Painkiller Law
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The law was meant to lock away dealers hauling truckloads of illegal drugs, but instead has filled prisons with nonviolent addicts. Thankfully, state … Ninety-three percent of those cases involved prescription painkillers, the office found from a …
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Document: ASU Ecstasy 'factory' worth more than 0K
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In a report released this year, the national Drug Abuse Warning Network estimated that the number of emergency-room visits involving Ecstasy and people under 21 years old increased 128 percent in a six-year span — to 10,176 visits in 2011 from 4,460 …
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Redefining Citizenship Can End the War on Drugs
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Substance Abuse is an epidemic in this country. Studies report that one in five children/adolescents has an emotional or behavioral disorder; that one in ten has a substance-abuse disorder, and only about 23% suffering from a mental-health disorder get …
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