Carl Hart Examines at Drugs in Pop Culture
Carl Hart Examines at Drugs in Pop Culture – The professor cites the myths and inaccuracies about drugs on TV and in film. Question: How do you see drugs portrayed in the media?Hart: Some people get …
Falling crime Where have all the burglars gone?
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In America, the end of the crack-cocaine epidemic in the 1990s is widely credited with reducing crime. In Europe, the explosion in heroin use that accompanied the high unemployment of the 1980s has largely receded, even though hard economic times are …
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Only 3 US States Bother to Study How Sentencing Rules Affect Minorities
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One in every nine black men between the ages of 20 and 34 is incarcerated in the U.S., with rippling consequences for their future employment and voting rights, not to mention the stability of whole urban neighborhoods. In Oregon, blacks are six times …
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Drug Addicts, Dealers Are 'Doctor Shopping' for Pain Pills
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WEDNESDAY, July 17 (HealthDay News) — One of every 50 prescriptions for addictive prescription painkillers in the United States is filled for so-called "doctor shoppers" who obtain the drugs for recreational use or resale on the street, a new study finds.
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