Drug-Related Deaths Plunge in First Half of 2012

Drug-related deaths plunge in first half of 2012

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The number of oxycodone-related deaths in Orange and Osceola counties — where hundreds of people accidentally overdosed on prescription drugs in recent years — plunged during the first half of 2012 compared with the same period in 2011, according to …
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Teen sex-assault suspect makes court appearance

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Sandoval, who is now 18, appeared Friday in 6th Judicial District Court wearing an orange jail-issued jumpsuit. He sat still and appeared attentive to the proceedings. He is being held at the La Plata County Jail on $ 250,000 bail. Friday's hearing …
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Yes We Cannabis: The Legalization Movement Plots Its Next 4 Years

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Eleven politically and geographically diverse states, including Alaska, New York, and Mississippi, decriminalized the drug after an official report from Richard Nixon's National Commission on Marijuana and Drug Abuse found what a plurality of Americans …
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April Rovero Continuing to Raise Awareness of Prescription Drug Abuse

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Rovero has teamed up with Brendan Theaters in Concord to show the film "Behind the Orange Curtain" on Sunday at 2 p.m. The short movie is about the devastating impact prescription drug abuse has had in the Orange County area. Senator DeSaulnier, the …
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