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Email Letters, January 18, 2013

Email letters, January 18, 2013

Filed under: Drug Treatment Chicago

Until we get the law changed and learn how to deal with drugs and their associated mental impairment, catastrophic incidents such as this are not going away. ROBERT A. TALLARICO Grand Junction. Firefighters who saved … Look at crime in New York City …
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On the Trail of SAC Capital's Steven Cohen

Filed under: Drug Treatment Chicago

From Serving Their Country to Sleeping on Its Streets

From serving their country to sleeping on its streets

Filed under: alcohol and drug abuse treatment

To deal with these flashbacks and the stigma of being a veteran of Vietnam — a war many Americans opposed — Vasquez and many of his fellow veterans turned to alcohol or drugs. "When I first came home I used to drink a lot," Vasquez said. "My …
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Updated: Chris Gregoire issues 6 pardons in final days as Washington governor

Filed under: alcohol and drug abuse treatment

Virus of Chicago Violence Needs to Be Stopped

Virus of Chicago violence needs to be stopped

Filed under: Chicago Drug Abuse

For once, Chicago has beaten New York in a competition that the Windy City had no desire to win. Chicago ended 2012 with more homicides than the Big Apple. No cheers for that. Chicago ended the year with a total of 506 murders, compared to 418 in New …
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Obesity, lack of insurance cited in U.S. health gap

Filed under: Chicago Drug Abuse

The MUSE a-List: The Top 20 Tracks of 2012

The MUSE A-List: The Top 20 Tracks of 2012

Filed under: drug rehabs in georgia

After a five-year hiatus, a bold haircut and a stint in rehab, Cat Power returned this year with one of her stronger (if not strongest) records, Sun. … It also seems as though she has left behind her anxiety and troubles with drugs and alcohol for a …
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FDA cracks down on Lasik advertising

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'A Haunted House' Wears Out Its Only Joke

'A Haunted House' wears out its only joke

Filed under: Chicago Drug Use

… rest of "A Haunted House" you've pretty much seen if you watched the TV ads. 'A Haunted House' MPAA rating: R for crude and sexual content, language and some drug use. Running time: 1:25. Opens: Friday. Copyright © 2013 Chicago Tribune Company, …
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Could TIF district help these blighted corners?

Filed under: Chicago Drug Use

Lincoln Square Woman's Adoption of Russian Boy in Limbo

Lincoln Square woman's adoption of Russian boy in limbo

Filed under: Chicago Drug Abuse

And Koenig's 8-year-old daughter, Liliya — whom Koenig adopted four years ago from the same Russian orphanage — has already picked out the colors — blue and green — for his bedroom in their home in the Lincoln Square neighborhood on Chicago's North …
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Peirce: Glimmers of hope on drug front

Filed under: Chicago Drug Abuse