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Maine Governor’s Backwards Ideas on Drug Abuse Will Kill More People

Maine Governor’s Backwards Ideas on Drug Abuse Will Kill More People
Since the death of Phillip Seymour Hoffman, the press has refocused the spotlight on the crisis of heroin addiction. The New York Times published a feature highlighting all the “no-names who passed away” from heroin use, and recovering heroin… Continue reading

Maggie Estep, Slam Poetry Performer, Dies at 50

Maggie Estep, Slam Poetry Performer, Dies at 50
Ms. Estep (pronounced EST-ep) died two days after having a heart attack at her home in Hudson, N.Y., a friend, John Rauchenberger, said. An East Village bohemian when the neighborhood contained more discarded … She took up fiction writing at a drug… Continue reading

Maine Governor’s Backwards Ideas on Drug Abuse Will Kill More People

Maine Governor’s Backwards Ideas on Drug Abuse Will Kill More People
Since the death of Phillip Seymour Hoffman, the press has refocused the spotlight on the crisis of heroin addiction. The New York Times published a feature highlighting all the “no-names who passed away” from heroin use, and recovering heroin… Continue reading

Maine Governor’s Backwards Ideas on Drug Abuse Will Kill More People

Maine Governor’s Backwards Ideas on Drug Abuse Will Kill More People
The New York Times published a feature highlighting all the “no-names who passed away” from heroin use, and recovering heroin addict Russell Brand wrote an op-ed in The Guardian skewering “extremely stupid drug laws … Arrest Research Project and… Continue reading

Ohio House Passes Bill to Prevent Drug Abuse in Youths – New Carlisle News

Ohio House Passes Bill To Prevent Drug Abuse In Youths – New Carlisle News

Ohio House Passes Bill To Prevent Drug Abuse In Youths
New Carlisle News
Danielle Smoot, founder of Cole's Warriors, an organization aimed at preventing prescription drug abuse among teenagers, is very supportive of the bill, saying… Continue reading

AP News in Brief at 10:58 P.m. EST

AP News in Brief at 10:58 p.m. EST
The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld most of the ordinance in 2013, and the city was getting ready to enforce the housing restrictions for the first time last fall when elected officials decided to schedule another vote. —. Attorney ….… Continue reading