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Bruises Left on Chicago's LGBTQ Community by Violence

Bruises left on Chicago's LGBTQ community by violence

Filed under: Chicago Drug Abuse

She sees cases of self-inflicted personal violence, in which people inflict harm on themselves, and the structural violence that marginalizes people along with the violence imposed upon those people. Self-harm, she explains, includes drug and tobacco …
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The supervised after-prom party: Now with cars, iPads and other goodies

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6 Ways Big Pharma Manipulates Consumers

6 ways Big Pharma manipulates consumers

Filed under: Chicago Drug Rehabs

Pharma is increasingly pressuring rehab facilities and doctors to add a mental illness diagnoses to recovering patients to sell expensive pills. Ka-ching! Worse, Nora Volkow, the head of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, is conducting cruel … In …
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Brandon Baltzley: a chef poised between artistry and addiction

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Kavinoky Gives Top-Notch Treatment to 'August: Osage County'

Kavinoky gives top-notch treatment to 'August: Osage County'

Filed under: Chicago Drug Abuse

It's the voice of his cancer-afflicted, pill-addicted wife Violet (the extraordinary Sheila McCarthy), a primordial creature doomed by genetics and fate to inflict the pain of her illness, her addiction and her apparently wretched childhood on anyone …
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Gunman called cops to find out if cops were following him

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Do You Believe Drug Addiction Has Long Term Negative Affects on Families and Relationships?

Question by louise: Do you believe drug addiction has long term negative affects on families and relationships?
I am currently doing a project on drug addiction at college. I would like to know what people think about it. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion but please do not be nasty thanks.

Best answer:

Answer by Danielle
I dont believe its the drug addiction, i believe its the side effects of the drugs such as paranoia and the hallucinations ect that eventually put a strain on the family relationships. a person would get paranoid about his family and eventually it would drive them apart.

Rand Paul and Blacks May Agree on Something: Mandatory Minimums

Rand Paul and Blacks May Agree on Something: Mandatory Minimums

Filed under: Drug Rehab Centers Illinois

But even though Sen. Paul is expected to center his speech around the historic links between Republicans and African Americans, there may be policy substance he can touch on as well. In late March, Sen. … Congressional passage of the Anti-Drug Abuse …
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Victims teach kids about toll of violence — but money is drying up

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Sick With Sadness: Studies Show Bereavement Can Cause Significant Health

Sick with sadness: Studies show bereavement can cause significant health

Filed under: Chicago Drug Abuse

Research has shown that acute stressors such as public speaking and mental arithmetic, as well as chronic stressors like marital problems and a history of child abuse, both heighten inflammation. This immune response, which attacks invading pathogens …
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2013 Pulitzer winners in journalism and arts

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