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Drug addiction cited in Pekin check forgery case
Wed May 30 21:46:37 EDT 2012
A North Pekin man told police his addiction to prescription drugs led him to embezzle nearly $83,000 since October from the small Pekin company he served as a bookkeeper.
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TN commissioner: Fight against fat like drug addiction
Wed May 30 08:09:02 EDT 2012
The state's top health official on Tuesday compared Tennessee's obesity epidemic to drug addiction and called on chambers of commerce to confront the problem.
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Tennessee commissioner compares obesity to drug addiction
Wed May 30 19:14:30 EDT 2012
NASHVILLE - Tennessee's health commissioner says obesity is a relapsing disease that should be fought like a drug addiction.
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Spindletop client triumphs over mental illness, drug addiction
Mon May 28 02:20:32 EDT 2012
Spindletop client triumphs over mental illness, drug addiction Beaumont Enterprise Copyright 2012 Beaumont Enterprise. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Published 05:43 p.m., Saturday, May 26, 2012 Spindletop client triumphs over...
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Commissioner: Fight against fat like drug addiction
Wed May 30 04:52:36 EDT 2012
The state’s top health official on Tuesday compared Tennessee’s obesity epidemic to drug addiction and called on chambers of commerce to confront the problem.
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Health Commissioner: Fight Obesity Like Addiction
Wed May 30 13:59:18 EDT 2012
Tennessee's health commissioner says obesity is a relapsing disease that should be fought like a drug addiction.
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TN health commissioner: fight obesity like addiction
Wed May 30 13:26:38 EDT 2012
Tennessee's health commissioner says obesity is a relapsing disease that should be fought like a drug addiction.
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Powerful prescription drug Opana becoming new drug of choice
Wed May 16 11:52:49 EDT 2012
A new prescription drug addiction is on the rise in Western Pennsylvania, and doctors said it is starting to replace Oxycontin as the drug of choice in the city and suburbs. A Washington County doctor was charged this year with misprescribing the drug Opana, and a Moon Township mother was recently...
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Man asks for prison term to fight addiction
Thu May 17 16:15:21 EDT 2012
A 37-year-old Morenci man asked for a prison sentence to help him deal with a drug addiction when he was sentenced Wednesday in Lenawee County Circuit Court for larceny and probation violation convictions.
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Parents And Addiction Experts Call For I-STOP Legislation
Thu May 31 01:05:47 EDT 2012
“Mommy, help me. How did I get into this? Get me out of this.” Maria Basmas recalls those heartbreaking words that her son, Christopher, spoke to her while he was in the throes of an addiction to prescription medication, specifically Xanax and Oxycodone. She recalls the painful ordeal...
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