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Candidates for Va. governor say they never used drugs
Virginia's nominees for governor, Terry McAuliffe and Ken Cuccinelli, say they have never used illegal drugs. The Richmond Times-Dispatch canvassed the statewide candidates on Thursday, a day after E.W. Jackson, the Republican nominee for lieutenant...
Tags: Barack Obama, Loudoun County, Recreational Substance Use, Regional Authority, Mark R. Herring
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Judge reluctantly sends guard to prison for killing aspiring rapper
Calling it perhaps the most distressing case of his career, a Lehigh County judge on Tuesday reluctantly sentenced a security guard to state prison for gunning down a rapper who the judge said "glorified drug use and violence." Judge Robert L. Steinberg...
Tags: Recreational Substance Use, Judges, Justice System, Witnesses, Crime, Law and Justice
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'This Is the End' makers denied NC-17 rating
Los Angeles Times (MCT)LOS ANGELES -- When Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg submitted “This Is the End” to the ratings board of the Motion Picture Association of America, the co-directors didn’t just expect their raunchy Judgment Day comedy to be slapped with an...Tags: Recreational Substance Use, Sexual Assault, Mark Wahlberg, Sex Crimes, Entertainment
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'This Is the End' filmmakers: We expected NC-17, not R, rating
When Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg submitted “This Is the End” to the ratings board of the Motion Picture Assn. of America, the co-directors didn't just expect their raunchy Judgment Day comedy to be slapped with an NC-17 rating -- they...
Tags: Recreational Substance Use, Sexual Assault, Mark Wahlberg, Sex Crimes, Entertainment
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Honor concept makes better officers
I would like to thank Randall Leonard for his May 28 commentary, "Punishing honesty at the Naval Academy." Ethics is a subject not to be taken lightly, especially for those who hold coalition, enemy, and civilian lives in the balance. There is, however, a...
Tags: Recreational Substance Use, Lifestyle and Leisure, U.S. Air Force, Annapolis, Crime, Law and Justice
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'Weak mayor' system keeps Toronto ticking through crack controversy
Reuters* City's business gets done despite accusation against mayor * Mayor Rob Ford denies allegations by media of drug use By Julie Gordon TORONTO, May 30 (Reuters) - Between the army of reporters camped at his door and an exodus of top aides, Toronto Mayor...Tags: Recreational Substance Use, Elections, Chicago Elections, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Local Government
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Arbitrator upholds probation supervisor's firing after pot incident
Star Tribune (Minneapolis)MINNEAPOLIS As a probation officer, Heidi Siebenaler had years of experience and training about how to tell whether one of her clients had been abusing drugs or alcohol. Yet she claimed she didn't know her husband was using pot or there was a half-pound...Tags: Recreational Substance Use, Percocet (drug), Lifestyle and Leisure, Drug Trafficking, Cell Phones
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Punished for honesty at the Naval Academy
Last Friday morning, President Barack Obama visited Annapolis to address roughly 1,000 Naval Academy midshipmen. Then he took his seat with other VIPs and the thousands in attendance and watched as the midshipmen, decked out in their pristine dress...
Tags: Barack Obama, U.S. Navy, Recreational Substance Use, Judges, Justice System
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Drug czar highlights link between marijuana, crime
McClatchy Washington BureauWASHINGTON Marijuana is the drug most often linked to crime in the United States, the U.S. drug czar said Thursday, dismissing calls for legalization as a "bumper-sticker approach" that should be avoided. Gil Kerlikowske, the White House director of...Tags: Barack Obama, Recreational Substance Use, Elections, White House, Criminals
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Hansen: Has city become immune to homeless crime?
It was a summer-like day at Main Beach on Saturday with tourists filling the boardwalk, children enjoying the playground and a group of hardened homeless men passing around a pipe. Welcome to the visible underbelly of Laguna Beach. This scene is not...
Tags: Recreational Substance Use, Lifestyle and Leisure, Family, Heroin
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It's finals week: Do you know what your teen is taking to study so hard?
By the end of high school, 12% of teens say they have taken a stimulant medication for reasons other than to treat attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). But parents, including many of those whose kids are taking ADHD drugs in a bid to boost...
Tags: Culture, Recreational Substance Use, Drugs and Medicines, Medical Research, Adderall (drug)
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Psychiatric facility given 'conditional' status
South Bend TribunePLYMOUTH — The Indiana Division of Mental Health and Addiction has placed a Plymouth psychiatric hospital for children and adults on a “conditional certificate” for the next three months. The special audit, conducted at the facility...Tags: Recreational Substance Use, Lifestyle and Leisure, Mental Health
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