Hollywood, Health & Society Panel Discussion – Addiction: Fact & Fiction

Hollywood, Health & Society Panel Discussion – Addiction: Fact & Fiction – Keynote by Dr. Timothy Condon, Deputy Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse. Recovered addicts, medical experts, specialists in drug and tobacco policy,…

Brockton mom's arrest in beating of her child sparks debate about whether it …

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A Brockton mother made headlines recently when police arrested her for allegedly beating her 5-year-old son inside Shaw's supermarket on Crescent Street as bystanders tried to intervene on Feb. 1. Police said the incident was captured on surveillance …
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Should Texas legalize marijuana? No, it's not worth all the heartache

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According to drugabuse.gov, the federal government considers marijuana a Schedule 1 substance which means it has no medicinal uses and there is a high risk of abuse associated with it. Yet, there is … Based on these facts alone it shouldn't be legalized.
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More pejorative jazz tropes in the news | Ottawa Citizen

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In a study of 40 American jazz musicians, Geoffrey Wills confirmed the association between creativity and mental illness, in particular substance-abuse conditions. In a commentary on this … Biographers taint facts with interpretation. Wills …
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