Marijuana Debate Headed to Senate Committee This Week

Marijuana Debate Headed to Senate Committee This Week

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Revenue brought in by the state would fund things like school construction projects and drug and alcohol treatment programs, supporters said at a press conference last month. Gov. Martin O'Malley has expressed opposition to legalization, calling …
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A suburban heroin addict describes his brush with death and his hopes for a …

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I grew up in a nice Bethesda neighborhood, with a single mother who never drank, smoked cigarettes or used any illegal substances. … I got out, I had a couple of brief relapses during the next two years, but eventually got clean and stayed that way …
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The Lure of Heroin: Painfully Addictive and Difficult to Quit (Op-Ed)

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Ben Cimons, who grew up in Bethesda, Md. is now living in a recovery house in Wilmington, N.C. He has been clean and sober for more than four months. … relapses during the next two years, but eventually got clean and stayed that way for three and a …
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What is Rewarding For You? – Geoff Thompson, MA, Program Director of Sunshine Coast, describes what is most rewarding about working people with addictions.