Stay Tuned | Prescription Drug Abuse | Shocking Statistics

Published July 18, 2013

Stay Tuned | Prescription Drug Abuse | Shocking Statistics – Part 1 of 8.

Not The Law: The Culture Failed Trayvon Martin

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This isn't about the law, although Stand Your Ground gives courage to those who may have walked away, but a culture that treats all black youths as potential suspects, as potential drug dealers or gang members, or almost definitely a gun owner, despite …
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Canton's 2012 Stats: Running the Numbers

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Canton's Police Chief Kenneth Berkowitz wrote 2012 saw a “marked increase” in crime because of what he said was also an increase in drug addiction, most notably opiates. He stated many subjects were apprehended and charged for motor vehicle break …
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Bitter Pills series: Prescription drugs fuel Fayetteville, region crime

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Break-ins and forgery, for instance, are not automatically flagged if they involve prescription drugs, and the city's crime statistics do not count complaints that police have not had time to investigate. But there is no denying that painkiller abuse …
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