Gabrielle Giffords To Visit Newtown On Friday

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The former congresswoman, who has made a remarkable recovery after suffering a gunshot wound to the head, has become an advocate for gun control since the 2011 shooting that nearly took her life. Following ….. I heard they passed a law against drugs.
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Missouri Considers Veterans' Courts Expansion

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As judges see veterans come to court, special veterans' courts have been popping up. There are more than a hundred nationwide. They work much like drug courts. Treatment is given instead of time. A couple bills in the Missouri legislature seek to let …
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Iranian addicts shift to synthetic drugs

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“My findings so far show that economic problems especially in recent months have led to a decrease in the number of addicts coming to our centre for rehabilitation,” says Saeed, a director of a partly state-owned drug rehabilitation centre, who wishes …
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Zambia's battle against drug addiction

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Hospitals are seeing more patients for drug abuse. The country's drug enforcement commission says in the last two years more than 500 addicts have gone through a rehabilitation program. BBC Africa's Mutuna Chanda sent this report from Lusaka to the …
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