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Tokyo Seniors Make Up 25 Percent of City's Shoplifters

Tokyo Seniors Make Up 25 Percent Of City's Shoplifters

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Shoplifting is an age old problem and now the shoplifters are older than ever — at least in Tokyo. Tokyo police … A third of those arrested cited lack of money as the reason they committed the crime and and 32 percent said they had no one to turn to …
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Felon pleads not guilty in mother's slaying

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Smoking Costs

Smoking costs

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I'm talking about just the product, not the armies of cessation advisers and leaflets and helplines; just the drugs. Just four years ago, … have to want to. Replacing one input device with another does not remove the addiction, no matter what the …
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Pawan Chamling released Sikkim Police Manual

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Speaking on the modern day challenges like drug abuse, alcoholism, suicide etc. he suggested the Police force to set up Suicide Helpline in their respective Thana. He also asked them to disseminate awareness about these modern day challenges to the …
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Health Officials Blame Heroin for Spike in Maryland Overdose Deaths

Health officials blame heroin for spike in Maryland overdose deaths

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The state is hosting education programs for medical workers treating people for opioid abuse; training individuals to administer naloxone, a prescription drug that can intervene with a person's ability to absorb heroin during an overdose; and …
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Novus Comments on Heroin Abuse Surge – Narcotic Replaces Rx Drugs

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Smoking Loses Ground Among Teens

Smoking Loses Ground Among Teens

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This report is the sixteenth in an ongoing series of statistics and trends on health and well-being among children and teens in the US. The report looked at several areas of child and family well-being, including substance use and health. According to …
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From the editorial advisory board: Camping trip tragedy

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Nearly a Quarter of Young Assault Victims Have Guns: Study

Nearly a Quarter of Young Assault Victims have Guns: Study

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Researchers said that the study findings will help identify victims of gun violence. The study was conducted by University of Michigan Injury Center and was based on data obtained from 689 teens and young adults from emergency departments in Flint …
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Records of young convicts hidden

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Polls Show Weak Support for Obama's Immigration Push

Polls show weak support for Obama's immigration push

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Two more polls released Thursday show continuing weak public support for President Barack Obama's top-priority policy of increased immigration. A Gallup survey showed the number of Americans who want increased immigration is only 25 percent. Another …
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British drug regulator recalls India's Wockhardt medicines

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LONDON, July 11 (Reuters) – Britain's drugs regulator MHRA on Thursday said it would withdraw some medicines made by India's Wockhardt Ltd after it identified deficiencies in manufacturing procedures at Wockhardt's Waluj site in India. The 16 medicines …
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