Man arrested after suspicious white substance found in letter brought to …

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Officials said the letter was addressed to a patient who is no longer at the hospital, which is a drug and alcohol addiction treatment center in the 8100 block of Clearvista Parkway. … Detectives identified the suspect as Danny Anderson, 36, of …
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Will Latin American nations legalize marijuana?

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The 400-page study emphasizes drug abuse as primarily a public health issue and suggests drug abusers should not be criminally prosecuted but rather treated as ill. "Decriminalization of drug use needs to be considered as a core element in any public …
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Gov. Pence signs Grooms' prescription drug bill

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Indiana ranks one of the highest states in the nation for prescription painkiller abuse, according to the 2010-11 National Survey on Drug Use and Health; 5.7 percent of Hoosiers reported using prescription painkillers for nonmedical reasons at some …
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Jump in drug-dependent babies worries hospitals

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The baby is one of many infants born dependent on drugs. He is being treated at East Tennessee Children's Hospital in Knoxville, where doctors and nurses are on the front lines fighting the nation's prescription drug epidemic. Drug abuse in the state …
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