Guns, Media, and Mental Illness After Newtown

Guns, Media, and Mental Illness After Newtown
That 40 percent of gun seizures in a single year in an Indiana county involved “some sort of mental illness” isn't, by itself, an earth-shattering figure; it's even less persuasive when you do the math and realize that means fewer than 15 people. As …
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Is an employee who is six days out of rehab “disabled” under the TCHRA?
Noting that the TCHRA was modeled after the ADA, however, the Houston court adopted the federal Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals's definition of “current” as used in the ADA: that “the drug use was sufficiently recent to justify the employer's reasonable …
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Review: 'Veronica' a solid cinematic turn
Thomas' sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll neo-noir has a young-adult heart that still beats strong, even with Veronica and her friends well into their twenties. The 10-year reunion of Neptune High just happens to be impending when … She makes repeated …
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Corbett, Our Town address drugs
Formed in March 2007, Operation Our Town is a community and business partnership designed to promote healthy neighborhoods and protect citizens from illegal drug use and resulting crime. … The definition of prevention is early childhood education.
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ASAM’S Definition of Addiction – by Mel Pohl, MD, FASAM of Las Vegas Recovery Center — Mel Pohl, of Central Recovery Treatment’s renowned inpatient chronic pain and addiction treatment center, Las Vegas Recovery Center, gave a presentation on t…

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