Why Virginia's Justice System Needs an Overhaul
Why Virginia's Justice System Needs an Overhaul
[rewrite]Driving Virginia's corrections population are misguided policies. The state's aggressive stance on arresting people for drug violations, for example, has not reduced drug use and only packed its prisons. In 1995, Virginia eliminated parole and …[/rewrite]
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Review: 'Demons: our changing attitudes to alcohol, tobacco and drugs', By …
[rewrite]Virginia Berridge's book is an entertaining – I hesitate to use the term addictive – account of our changing attitudes towards, and use of, all manner of substances, with a focus on the most durable pair, tobacco and alcohol. Her account reminds us of …[/rewrite]
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Pa. Abortion Doc Gets 30 Years in Drug Sentencing
Pa. abortion doc gets 30 years in drug sentencing
[rewrite]That investigation grew out of complaints he ran a lucrative “pill mill” at his West Philadelphia clinic. Gosnell pleaded guilty in July, after the murder trial, … And Gosnell took time to write 18 prescriptions the night a Virginia woman lay dying …[/rewrite]
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NJ must step up to end smoking: Opinion
[rewrite]New Jersey spends less to help smokers than much less affluent states such as Mississippi, Arkansas, Alabama and West Virginia. This is something we all must reflect on. … Although states had to rely on free treatment services for smokers in the past …[/rewrite]
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My Doctor Gave Me a Urine Test Because He Said He Needed to Test My Kidneys and He Drug Tested Me?
Question by hjgfjhgfjhgfjhgf: my doctor gave me a urine test because he said he needed to test my kidneys and he drug tested me?
[rewrite]i live in maryland and my doctor prescribes me adhd medicine and when i went to get my prescription refilled last month he said he had to give me a urine test to make sure it wasn’t affecting my kidneys and i just got a 200 dollar bill in the mail from a lab and under description it says “drug abuse screen, urn. (8 drug) 80101….uh……he definitely didn’t ask me if he could drug test me and i definitely didn’t give consent, implied or otherwise. it doesn’t have the results or anything, just the bill….is this legal?
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Carbon Monoxide Makes Chemotherapy '1000 Times More Effective' in Mouse …
Carbon Monoxide Makes Chemotherapy '1000 Times More Effective' In Mouse …
[rewrite]Researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) have discovered that CO can be used to slow the proliferation of cancerous cells and amplify the effect of conventional cytotoxic treatment. The findings could inspire a new era of safer and …[/rewrite]
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Support groups in the area can help with illness, drug problems and many other …
[rewrite]LOOK GOOD FEEL BETTER: Abingdon, Va., Johnston Memorial Cancer Center, 26079 Lee Hwy.; first Monday, 1 p.m.; free program for women cancer patients in active treatment; register at 276-628-8861. LUPUS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: Johnson City, …[/rewrite]
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Can a Drug Test Tell the Difference Between Percocet and Vicodin?
Question by juswondering: Can a drug test tell the difference between percocet and vicodin?
[rewrite]My friend is taking percocet for his back.He ran out of percocet and bought some vicodin from one of our friends.He took a vicodin before his appointment (and all day before) and they tested him.The test came back that he had NO percocet in his system.Do they really have a test to determine you have specifically percocet in his body??If they do…seems very expensive.I just thought they test for the general ones like:opiate,cocaine,thc,etc.
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Criminal Court, Dec. 3, 2013
Criminal court, Dec. 3, 2013
[rewrite]At that time, Dolbin sentenced Riedel to spend nine to 23 1/2 months in prison and an additional five years on probation, pay costs, $ 100 to the Substance Abuse Education Fund, $ 50 to the Criminal Justice Enhancement Account and $ 47,174.98 restitution …[/rewrite]
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Americans Want Congress Members To Pee In Cups To Prove They're Not On …
[rewrite]… drug testing for members of Congress. According to a new HuffPost/YouGov poll, 64 percent of Americans favor requiring welfare recipients to submit to random drug testing — a measure pushed by Republican lawmakers in recent years — while 18 …[/rewrite]
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