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Rehab Center Treats Young Athletes Who Slid From Pain Killer Use To Heroin Addiction

2016-03-03 09:45:18| Footwear - Topix.net

NEW YORK - As the heroin epidemic rages across the country high school athletes are becoming addicted in alarming numbers. As CBS2's Kenneth Craig reported, there is a treatment center in Garrison, near West Point, where young athletes come for help.

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Our oil addiction, by the numbers

2016-01-30 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Daily Climate: In 2006, then-President George Bush told the nation "we have a serious problem ... America is addicted to oil." Here's what's happened since: Average U.S. price for a gallon of gasoline, January 2006: $2.33 Average price in January 2016: $1.91 Benchmark price, barrel of W. Texas Intermediate Crude, Jan. 2006: $65.48 As of Jan. 25, 2016: $30.34 Percentage of U.S. oil that is imported, 2006: 60 Percentage imported, 2014: 27 Fuel efficiency, miles per gallon, U.S. vehicles,...

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Family Time: Road to recovery: What you need to know about addiction

2016-01-19 10:14:00| Biotech - Topix.net

Drug and alcohol addiction can destroy careers, tear apart families and ruin lives. With 43,982 total drug-induced deaths each year, addiction continues to be a problem in the United States.

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Coal-dependent states lose jobs and gain drug addiction. What to do?

2016-01-04 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Forbes: It could be the cruelest quandary of all: to bless a region with a once-rich natural resource only to have it lose favor decades later to cleaner fuels. The resulting devastation is now occurring in Appalachia, not just economically but also emotionally, as drug addition among local inhabitants is at dangerous levels. The scourge is especially profound in Central Appalachia because of falling coal demand, thinning coal seams and rising air quality standards all compounded by the abuse of prescription...

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