Ex-Police Chief Gets 18-Month Term

Ex-police chief gets 18-month term
EAST ST. LOUIS — A judge Thursday sentenced former Edwardsville Police Chief James Bedell to 18 months in prison after the defendant claimed boredom and loneliness led to his addiction to video gambling. “Video games are said to be the crack cocaine …
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Emily McComas: Drug addicts should be shown empathy
In an interview on the "Today" show, Huffington said her struggle with cocaine addiction was "absolutely unglamorous." "There was nothing fun about it … I was really depressed, I was scared, I was anxious and I sorta just felt isolated and alone …
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Former Celtics guard inspires at Nashua North with tales of recovering from drugs
The stories picked from that time painted a grim picture of his struggles as an addict – a life of cocaine, pills, and eventually heroin addiction and suicide attempts. Herren, dressed in a suit and … that he had a cocaine addiction. He completed a …
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