Newtown School Mass Shootings: Who or What Is to Blame?

Newtown School Mass Shootings: Who or What is to Blame?

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"Patients with mental health problems, because of their illnesses, often reject services offered to them and are vulnerable to alcohol and other substance abuse which it harder to help them." Earlier this year, Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper said …
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Opioid Painkillers to Receive Closer Scrutiny by U.S. Regulators

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Regulators will reopen debate over opioid painkillers next year as the U.S. government considers ways to reconcile the needs of patients suffering chronic ailments with the risks of addiction and recreational drug use. The Food and Drug Administration …
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Busy Nolan prepares to return to Washington, D.C.

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He also said more money should be spent treating people with mental illness. Mental illness, he said, has a wide range of costly consequences including alcoholism, drug abuse and family and spousal abuse. Nolan, a Brainerd native, predicted that …
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