Oregon Lawmakers Consider Expanding Drunken Driving Definition
Oregon lawmakers consider expanding drunken driving definition
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“The abuse and misuse of prescription drugs and other impairing substances is a growing problem in Oregon and the nation,” wrote Chuck Hayes, a retired Oregon State Police lieutenant who leads the governor's advisory committee on drunken driving.
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NJ court: No neglect charge for drug in newborn
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Update: Appeal in the Works for Terri Serra on 'Social Host Law' Conviction
Update: Appeal in the works for Terri Serra on 'Social Host Law' conviction
Filed under: Drug Rehab Centers Illinois
She claims she was unaware of any alcohol or drug use by the teens before she discovered it after midnight and that they had stayed on her property after the party she held for families had ended. The clause of the state's Social Host Law that was …
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Man gets prison term for shooting neighbor's house
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Penn Researchers Use MRI to Study Drug Addiction
Penn researchers use MRI to study drug addiction
Filed under: alcohol and drug abuse treatment
It's crucial research in the U.S., where nearly 22 million people need treatment for drug or alcohol dependency, and where policymakers have been slow to respond to the emerging science about addiction. In America's so-called "war on drugs," think of …
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Deadly Dope: Confronting a local problem
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Drug Crime Expungement Bill Passes House
Drug crime expungement bill passes House
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Hutchings said his bill applies to drug possession and other drug-related offenses. To qualify for engagement, individuals must complete the terms of their sentence and show convincing evidence that they are free of illegal substance abuse and …
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'The Things They Cannot Say'
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He is haunted, however, by another incident, one that triggered years of post-traumatic stress, not to mention alcohol and drug abuse. "I walked away … from a man very much alive and pleading with me to help him. … To this day, I can't begin to …
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Weekly Washington Healthcare Update
Weekly Washington healthcare update
Filed under: Illinois Drug Rehab Centers
After a year of physical therapy and rehabilitation following his stroke, Sen. Mark Kirk (R-IL) climbed the Capitol steps last week under his own power to kick off the 113th Congress. Kirk, a moderate currently serving his first term in the Senate, is …
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Football Under Microscope
Football under microscope
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Imagine if your star player never got injured or recovered in astonishing time from an injury. Endurance may not be the central talent required in football … In 1998, Zdenek Zeman, the Roma coach then and now although he has coached ten clubs in …
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Tragic aid worker Khalil Dale's service honoured
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