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Ordinance proposal would make Pseudoephedrine available by prescription only in Springfield
SPRINGFIELD -- City Council on Monday night discussed a proposed ordinance that would make it more difficult to get access to one of the key ingredients of methamphetamine. The measure would make Pseudoephedrine available by prescription only. It...
Tags: Allergies, Common Cold, Methamphetamine (drug), Drugs and Medicines
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Former student warns of drug danger
Costa Mesa High School graduate Kory Bennion addressed about 100 parents and students at his former campus this week during the culmination of the campus' anti-drug event. "There were people that were really close to me that were addicted to alcohol and...
Tags: Landforms, Mountains, High Schools, Schools, Drugs and Medicines
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Lambda South celebrates 30 years of helping South Florida's gay community
Tucked between a hair salon and a gift shop on bustling Las Olas Boulevard is a mysterious gated door with simple instructions: "Enter thru alley." Once you loop around the block and walks past the trash canisters that fill this back street, a rainbow...
Tags: Addiction, Minority Groups, Methadone (drug), Substance Abuse, Lake Worth
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Brittany Rector Talks About Life As A Fugitive
FOX 17 ReporterWhen Brittany decided to go on the run, police say she went willingly. Although she couldn't talk about the case, she sat down to talk to FOX 17, giving us some insight into what happened in Colorado and what was happening in her mind that would cause her...Tags: Human Interest, Methamphetamine (drug)
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Rising prison population bedevils South Dakota officials
swaltman@aberdeennews.comSouth Dakota's high prison population has garnered considerable discussion lately, but the problem's not new, said David Gilbertson, chief justice of the state Supreme Court. Since the 1930s, South Dakota's prison numbers have been about double those...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Behavioral Conditions, Punishment, Justice System, Addiction
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Other Voices
Scientific breakthroughs, when optimally timed, arrive at the precise moment in history when they can do the most good in the world. It's too bad the newest strategy to curb production of methamphetamine arrives now, after meth addiction already has...Tags: Chuck Grassley, Health, Robert Bales, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Military Equipment
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Bobek not skating on thin ice anymore
I was channel surfing in commercial breaks from an NFL playoff game last Sunday when a figure skating show, Improv-Ice, arrested my attention.
There was Nicole Bobek, back on national television as a performer (for the second time in 15 days), looking...Tags: Ice Skating, Health, NBC (tv network), Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida), Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Sunday: Building alternative worlds, William Gibson and 'The Lady in Gold'
Jacket CopyMatt Ruff builds an unexpected, alternative version of the 9/11 attacks in his novel "The Mirage"; cyberpunk patron saint William Gibson showcases his nonfiction work; "Bell Curve" co-author Charles Murray makes a dire assessment of America in "Coming... -
'The X-Factor' recap: A running diary of the first episode
THE SKINNY: Welcome to the world of "The X-Factor." From the start of Wednesday night's premiere, the "X" would take the foundations of "American Idol" — high drama, big lights and heartfelt stories — and build for the sky. This was an...Tags: Human Interest, Health, Mike Posner, Nicole Scherzinger, Paula Abdul
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Meth is back and strong as ever thanks to new production method
ReporterIt never went away, but police thought they had a handle on methamphetamines in Southwest Virginia, but new ways to make it are making meth the hardest drug to fight in our hometowns. Users call it "Shake and Bake," and just like when you use the real...Tags: Botetourt County, Health, Addiction, Roanoke (Roanoke, Virginia), Lynchburg (Lynchburg, Virginia)
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UCLA researcher: I won't be bullied by threats from animal rights activists
L.A. NOWWhen UCLA neuroscientist David Jentsch was a grad student, he never expected his life as an academic would require around-the-clock armed guards, or a closed-circuit TV inside his bedroom so he could keep constant watch over his home. But the...... -
Cocaine vaccine shows promise
Booster ShotsA vaccine to treat cocaine dependence yielded good results in a phase-2 clinical trial and will be tested next year in a larger study, researchers reported today. The cocaine vaccine is not intended to prevent addiction but instead is designed......
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