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The Stan Simpson Show: Texas Taking Connecticut Jobs, Food Addiction
In the first segment, Peter Goia, an economist with the Connecticut Business and Industry Association. and Greg Bordonaro, editor of the Hartford Business Journal, share their perspectives on Connecticut’s stagnant economy and Texas Gov. Rick Perry&...Tags: Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), Connecticut Business and Industry Association
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1995: A HORRIBLE END TO A TROUBLED LIFE WOMAN DRAGGED TO DEATH BY CAR BATTLED ADDICTION
Courant Staff WriterRobert Baskin thought his daughter was finally getting her life back on track. She had successfully completed a drug rehab program in Middletown this summer. She attended Narcotics Anonymous meetings and spoke of plans to get her high school...Tags: Fairfield (Fairfield, Connecticut), New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Fairfield County, Health, Wethersfield
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Q&A with Jami Attenberg, author of 'The Middlesteins'
The Miami HeraldMIAMI If, while reading Jami Attenberg's latest novel, you find yourself craving a meal say, for example, the exquisite flavors of lamb-cumin noodles you are not alone. "The book is a Rorschach test for people's relationships with food," says Attenberg,...Tags: Authors, The Miami Herald, Arts and Culture, Literature, Burger King
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Panel focuses on pill abuse
"For me I feel like it's drugs for breakfast, drugs for lunch, drugs for dinner, drugs drugs drugs," Orange County Superior Court Judge John Adams said. "That's been my diet for 11 years on the bench." Adams, who hears felony arraignments at the...Tags: Chemical Industry, Drug Trafficking, Crime, Law and Justice, Prescription Drugs, Trials
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READER SUBMITTED: NEIS Holds Summer School With Kathryn Power Of SAMHSA As Keynote Speaker
WindhamThe Connecticut Community for Addiction Recovery (CCAR) hosted Kathryn Power, Regional Administrator for Region 1 of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), at their Windham Recovery Center to tour the facility. Prior to...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Windham (Windham, Connecticut), Substance Abuse, Behavioral Conditions, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry
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Intervention: Candy Finnigan reflects on A&E show’s final season
Channel Guide MagazineThroughout its 13 seasons over eight years, Intervention has seemed like one of those shows that will just always be around. Every so often it comes in with a new batch of episodes depicting the harrowing journeys of addicts desperate to get clean and... -
Exercise: Alternative reward for those battling addiction
I like to run. Apparently, this gets me high. Last year, researchers at the University of Arizona published a study in the Journal of Experimental Biology examining the "neurobiological rewards" of treadmill running in 10 humans, eight dogs and eight...
Tags: Medical Research, Ice Hockey, Substance Abuse, Brent Smith, Science and Technology
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New treatment for college interrupted by addictions
"It's time to get the 'high' out of higher education," former cabinet secretary Joseph Califano said to release findings that 49 percent of full-time college students binge drink or abuse prescription and illegal drugs. That four-year study was...Tags: Medical Research, Substance Abuse, Students, Columbia University, Science and Technology
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War on drugs: The 'wobbler' option
Simple possession of small amounts of methamphetamine — enough for personal use but presumably not for dealing — is a "wobbler" in California, meaning that offenses can be charged as either felonies or misdemeanors. It's different with...
Tags: Drug Trafficking, Criminals, Crime, Law and Justice, Trials, Prosecution
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Hope House opens 'new chapter' on Laurel's Main Street
On a sunny afternoon last week, a family could be seen walking inside Hope House Laurel, while two groups of people of varying ages sat in chairs in the shade on the side of the building talking amicably. This private substance abuse treatment center in...Tags: Substance Abuse, Insurance, Hospitals and Clinics, Behavioral Conditions, Human Interest
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Philadelphia group is "braking" the cycle of addiction
Gearing Up is more than a motto before strapping on your helmet and going out on a bicycle ride. For women in the Philadelphia region, Gearing Up is a way to climb out of the hole and over the hill of alcohol dependence, drug addiction and physical...Tags: Abusive Behavior, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Alcohol Addiction, Arable Farming, PBS (tv network)
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Doctor told AEG that Michael Jackson was a drug addict, lawyer says
The attorney for Michael Jackson’s family in its wrongful-death lawsuit said Thursday a doctor testified in a deposition that he injected Jackson with morphine while the singer was touring Asia and that he told a current AEG executive Jackson was...
Tags: AEG, Chemical Industry, Crime, Law and Justice, Prescription Drugs, Trials
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