Alarming Case of Easy Drug Addiction

Alarming case of easy drug addiction
Filed under: Drug Abuse and Addiction
The horror that was Derek Boogaard’s painkiller addiction came into shaper focus earlier this month when John Branch of The New York Times followed up his stunning three-part exposé from last fall ( Part One , Part Two , Part Three ) with a story focusing on how easily the late Rangers enforcer was able to obtain prescription drugs.
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Whittier woman defies a near lifetime of drug abuse, graduates with honors
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WHITTIER – After overcoming a history of domestic abuse, several stints in jail, and a 28-year heroin addiction, Whittier resident Monique Nobriga, 47, graduated Friday with cum laude honors at Cal State L.A.'s 65th commencement.
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Drug Czar Kerlikowske Promotes 'Paradigm Shift' on Abuse
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White House drug czar Gil Kerlikowske visited the Betty Ford Center in California, promoting the administration’s attitudinal changes toward drug abuse. Kerlikowske is the first director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy to speak at the facility in Rancho Mirage, according to a…
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