Teen nearly dies after smoking synthetic marijuana

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Her family said the drug that landed the Cypress, Texas, teenager, then 16, in the ICU two weeks earlier wasn't bought from a dealer or offered to her at a party. It was a form of synthetic weed packaged as “potpourri” that she and friends bought at a …
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John Lucas: Playing forward his life lessons learned

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By May, he had launched his own drug and alcohol rehabilitation regimen through Houston International Hospital, where he was still receiving after-care treatment. Although he no longer owns the program – the NBA required that he sell when he became …
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Smith: Hamilton has a new lease on life after nearly losing it all

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Nearly a decade ago, during one of his eight failed trips to rehabilitation for his cocaine and alcohol addiction, he lit four cigarettes and left them to burn his own flesh just so he could lose himself in the sick pain and euphoric release. Hamilton …
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