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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: Behavioral Conditions, Methamphetamine (drug), Drugs and Medicines, Lake Worth, Methadone (drug)
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Clark County law enforcement seeing rise in heroin
Until a year ago, it had been years since Winchester Police officers made a controlled buy for heroin. It just wasn’t in demand. Pills — narcotic painkillers of many types — were plentiful. In other parts of the state, meth had a strong...
Tags: James Hall, Cocaine, Crime, Law and Justice, Methamphetamine (drug), OxyContin (drug)
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'Straw' buyer of arms linked to border agent's death is sentenced
PHOENIX — A federal judge sentenced a Phoenix man Wednesday to nearly five years in prison for purchasing firearms for a Mexican drug cartel, triggering a chain of events that included the death of an elite Border Patrol agent and the unraveling...
Tags: Prisons, Weaponry, Crime, Law and Justice, Methamphetamine (drug), Justice System
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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: Prisons, Behavioral Conditions, Punishment, United States Census Bureau, Addiction
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TOO MANY COOKS: Rise in meth making hits hard in Casey County
tkleffman@amnews.comLIBERTY — Brian Wright has a meth problem. As Commonwealth’s Attorney serving Casey and Adair counties, Wright rarely saw a methamphetamine case come across his desk before 2010. Since then, however, the manufacturing of meth has exploded...Tags: Prisons, Allergies, Recipes, Substance Abuse, Crime, Law and Justice
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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: Armed Conflicts, Crime, Law and Justice, Methamphetamine (drug), Health, Allergies
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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: Breast Cancer, Behavioral Conditions, Sasha Cohen, NBC (tv network), Ice Skating
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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, Nicole Scherzinger, Behavioral Conditions, Coldplay (music group), Simon Cowell
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Antidepressant shows early promise for meth abuse
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The antidepressant mirtazapine may help some methamphetamine addicts curb their use of the drug -- at least in the short term, a small trial suggests. Right now, no medication is approved for treating dependence on...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, HIV, Behavioral Conditions, Methamphetamine (drug), Drugs and Medicines
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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: Diseases and Illnesses, Behavioral Conditions, Common Cold, Crime, Law and Justice, Methamphetamine (drug)
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Jan 21, 2012
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Sep 21, 2011
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Nov 15, 2011
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May 19, 2011
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