Kasich Aims to Start Conversations to Fight Drug Abuse

Kasich aims to start conversations to fight drug abuse
WEST CARROLLTON, Ohio — Sam Buehler acknowledged that he doesn't look like someone who was addicted to drugs, but he was. The 22-year-old is a member of Gov. John Kasich's church and a former sports captain and cellist as a high-school student …
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Danish street magazine pays for drug addicts' next hit
The magazine has featured stories on what it says is the failed war on drugs, Portugal's decriminalisation of heavy drug use — billed as a success — and a top 20 list of the most dangerous drugs, topped by alcohol. By campaigning for the legalisation …
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Heroin and Pill Abuse Stir a Battle Cry in Vermont
He described the drug abuse as "a crisis bubbling just beneath the surface" and called on the Legislature to pass laws encouraging treatment and seek ideas on the best way to prevent people from becoming addicted in the first place. He also called for …
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Weighing the Importance of Easing Patients' Pain Against Possible Drug Abuse
But a proposal to prevent this from happening is raising another concern: that easing access to painkillers will worsen a growing crisis with patients becoming addicted to opioids and other powerful drugs. The final days of the state legislative …
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