Drug Addiction Facts & Statistics.

Drug Addiction Facts & Statistics. – Drug and alcohol abuse are defined as an example of drinking or using drugs (prescription and illicit) that cause harmful effects to a person’s health, livel…

FactCheck: Does Vicky Pryce's 'prisonomics' add up?

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Yet Ms Pryce spent the morning not discussing facts like these, but instead arguing that most women in jail are there due to the men in their life – as she handed the media “statistics quoted by everybody”. In the absence of … Ms Pryce went further …
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Before A Night with Janis Joplin on Broadway, Learn 10 Fascinating Facts About …

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Joplin's personal history is well known: her rise from small-town painter to big-time singer; her struggle with drug abuse; her electric stage presence and unforgettable screech. But did you know these 10 fascinating facts about the Rock and Roll Hall …
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The prescription drug abuse epidemic

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An August report by the Philadelphia division of the federal Drug Enforcement Administration found prescription drug abuse is at epidemic levels. Among facts highlighted in the report: In Pennsylvania, accidental drug poisoning deaths have overtaken …
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