Russell Brand Tells MPs Drug Addiction Should Be Treated As Illness – Comedian Russell Brand has told MPs on the Home Affairs Select Committee addiction should be treated as an illness instead of a crime. The 36-year-old who sa…

Officials deliver a message

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Young documented his illness, surgeries and treatments and through a photo presentation of his experience, he vividly illustrates his story in graphic detail. “His presentation is sometimes … He emphasized that he was there to tell them the truth and …
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New Law Gives Parents Behind Bars in Washington State a Way to Hold Onto …

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Alise Hegle gave birth to her daughter while facing a seven-year sentence for her meth addiction. … In Washington State in 2013, according to the Children Defense Fund's statistics, the number of children in foster care in the state is 9,533. The …
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Is Obama Delivering on His Promise of a "21st Century" Approach to Drugs?

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According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the number of inmates in state prisons dropped roughly two percent from 2010 to 2011. … Despite that, only 1 in 10 of the 21.6 million Americans in need of drug or alcohol addiction treatment received it …
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In Missoula County evidence locker, potentially deadly prescription drugs pile up

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Saturday: What are the options for addiction treatment in Missoula? Where are the gaps? Sunday, May 12: A look at solutions to the prescription drug problem. MISSOULA — The … By 2009, the most recent year for which statistics are available, that …
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