Drug Abuse and Newborns Task Force Meeting Monday
Drug Abuse and Newborns Task Force Meeting Monday
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Attorney General Pam Bondi's Statewide Task Force on Prescription Drug Abuse and Newborns will meet Monday at 1 p.m. in the state Capitol. The task force that Bondi chairs was created in the 2012 legislative session. The task force has been charged …
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Government should consider legalising drugs, MPs say
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The committee's report said Portugal's system in which possession of small amounts of drugs for personal use is not a criminal offence, designed in part to treat drug addiction as a health issue, “merits significantly closer attention”. The Home Office …
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Treating addiction as a public health issue, not a crime
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The drugs of choice for an increasing number of Americans are prescription painkillers. Nowhere is the problem more apparent than Houston, where the renowned medical center area has become “a national hotspot for prescription drug abuse,” according to …
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