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Philip Seymour Hoffman: Death of the Master

Philip Seymour Hoffman: Death of the Master
[rewrite]… Sundance Film Festival – "Jack Goes Boating" Portraits. Matt Carr / Getty Images. Philip Seymour Hoffman poses for a portrait during the 2010 Sundance Film Festival held at the Getty Images portrait studio at The Lift on January 23, 2010 in Park …[/rewrite]
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Oscar-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman dies of suspected drug overdose
[rewrite]Hoffman spoke candidly over the years about his struggles with drug addiction. After 23 years sober, he admitted in interviews last year to falling off the wagon and developing a heroin problem that led to a stint in rehab. “No words for this. He was …[/rewrite]
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Colleen – a Sound Recovery Center Testimonial

Colleen – A Sound Recovery Center Testimonial — Colleen talks about sobriety and how she overcame her addictions in this testimonial video for Sound Recovery Centers – a drug and alcohol treatment center a…


Heroin deaths reinforce need for life-saving advice
[rewrite]Mixing stronger doses is a ploy by dealers, said Vanessa Sebetich, a spokeswoman for Greenbriar Treatment Center, which has locations in Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill neighborhood and Washington County. “It does give street value to drugs,” Sebetich said.[/rewrite]
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Pico Rivera Woman Uses Her Past to Help Counsel Teenage Drug Users

Pico Rivera woman uses her past to help counsel teenage drug users
[rewrite]Los Angeles Centers for Alcohol and Drug Abuse (L.A.CADA) substance abuse counselor/intern Stephanie Rios, 31, has been selected as volunteer hero Dec. 23, 2013. (Leo Jarzomb / Staff Photographer) … “I was living in Las Vegas at the time I started …[/rewrite]
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Health district: 59 test positive for tuberculosis after outbreak in Las Vegas
[rewrite]A state report released last month found that Summerlin Hospital Medical Center failed to recognize and take precautions to diagnose the infected woman's contagious lung disease when she gave birth in May to premature twin daughters, and allowed the …[/rewrite]
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Marijuana Legalization: Get Ready for the Rise of Evil Cannabis Megacorporations

Marijuana Legalization: Get Ready for the Rise of Evil Cannabis Megacorporations
[rewrite]Sabet is the Director of the Drug Policy Institute at the University of Florida and an Assistant Professor in the College of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry. … We would put on holiday parties for drug-exposed children and their mothers, who were …[/rewrite]
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Random thoughts of a free Black mind, v. 195
[rewrite]It's a felony in his Naples hometown, and he would have lost his civil rights to vote and own guns in Florida. Since he's a White … And why is a self-professed alcoholic busted buying coke, then going to rehab for alcoholism and not drugs? Because …[/rewrite]
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Drug Addiction & Prison Sentences?

Question by Free Thinker: Drug addiction & prison sentences?
There is a young man that I know who has been addicted to crack cocaine for a long time. He went to prison nearly 4 years ago, was just released to a work release program then with the intense pressure put on him to obtain employment under very stringent regulations and in a very depressed economy along with the fact that his mother is dying a very horrible death, he requested to be sent back to his previous facility to serve the remainder of his sentence. That request was rejected, 2 days later he obtained crack and got high out of desperation. He was caught and sent back to prison. Now the dept of corrections wants to charge him with up to 15 years for possession on a correctional facility.
He is in solitary confinement for 150 days which in my opinion is cruel and unusual punishment.

Any Suggestions as to How to Find Drug Rehabilitation Centers in Mexia, Texas?

Question by destiny ls: Any suggestions as to how to find drug rehabilitation centers in Mexia, Texas?
I have a friend who idolizes someone who used to do heroin (that person’s dead now). I guess my friend really wanted to know what her idol saw in heroin that she began trying it too, and now she’s hooked. I want to help her, even if it’s just by finding a drug rehab for her. Any suggestions as to how I could convince her to get herself treated too?

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