Poll: For first time, a majority of Americans support legalizing pot

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But detractors such as law enforcement and substance abuse professionals have cited health risks including an increased heart rate, and respiratory and memory problems. With Americans' support for legalization quadrupling since 1969, and localities on …
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Heroin: deadliest drug in Oregon

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But the city of Portland has only one medicated detox center for the uninsured and despite drug users getting younger, that center only admits patients over the age of 18. Gary Cobb was 15 when he shot heroin for the first time. "I crossed a line once …
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New director hopes to expand role of Maine's largest mental health group

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Most recently she was executive director of the New England Institute of Addiction Studies. Before that she headed the Pennsylvania Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers, and before that she worked with Pennsylvania Welfare Secretary …
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Elliott Smith: 'Mr. Misery' Revisited, 10 Years After the Singer-Songwriter's …

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Haunted by troubling memories, he spent the last years of his life trying to beat a debilitating drug addiction and pouring out his heart to anyone who would listen. The people who knew him in those years open up about the demons …. Director Steve …
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