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Damian Thompson: 'Addiction Is a Messy and Frightening Reality'

Damian Thompson: 'Addiction is a messy and frightening reality'
The motion 'Addiction is not a Disease' received overwhelming support from a lively crowd at last night's Spectator debate. … Theodore Dalrymple opened the debate for the motion by asserting… Continue reading

Deadly Heroin Overdoses Double in 2012

Deadly heroin overdoses double in 2012
The heroin from Afghanistan is expected to flood Europe and Africa, leaving the U.S. market open to even great illegal imports from Mexico and South America, said Paul Coleman, executive director at Maryhaven, central… Continue reading

American Horror Story: Coven: All Blood, No Bite

American Horror Story: Coven: All Blood, No Bite
It's not unlike drug addiction honestly. That's the territory that American … a viewer who has watched from the beginning can't help but feel that we're starting to tread over covered ground…… Continue reading

Kennedy Nephew to Speak From Experience on Drug Abuse, Recovery

Kennedy nephew to speak from experience on drug abuse, recovery
Christopher Kennedy Lawford, a former heroin addict and an advocate for mental-health programs, will speak at the National Alliance on Mental Illness meeting in Columbus on Wednesday. Christopher Kennedy… Continue reading

Use of Anesthetic for Execution Might Cut Supply

Use of anesthetic for execution might cut supply
File – In this April 12, 2005 file photo is the death chamber at the Missouri Correctional Center in Bonne Terre, Mo. The planned use of the nation's most popular anesthetic, propofol,… Continue reading

APNewsBreak: New Ohio Execution Plan by October

APNewsBreak: New Ohio execution plan by October
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A court filing says Ohio plans to come up with a new process for executing condemned inmates no later than Oct. 4. The Department of Rehabilitation and Correction says in… Continue reading