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Drug addict sentenced to eight years for post office robbery
Irish Examiner
A man has today been sentenced to eight years for a post office robbery during which a customer had a knife held to her neck while the raiders demanded cash. Ian Quinn's accomplice held the blade to the throat of a woman collecting her social welfare ...
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Ending addiction
Salt Lake Tribune
The best defense against drug addiction is early, honest and consistent education from home and school. Other incentives to avoid drug use could be drug-free work places and consequences for driving under the influence that would be applied to all with ...
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Heroin addict given five years for terrorising woman
Irish Times
Kelly, a chronic heroin addict, also pleaded guilty to hijacking her vehicle and to stealing more than €500 from her. The court was told that the defendant, who was armed with a Stanley knife, approached the victim as she returned to her car after ...
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Replace 'drug addict' word with 'drug dependent': Bansal
IBNLive.com
PTI | 09:10 PM,Oct 28,2011 Chandigarh, Oct 28 (PTI) The word "drug addict" should be replaced with "drug dependent" to take away the negative connotation attached to the prevalent parlance, Union Minister PK Bansal today suggested. ...
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Addiction Specialist Testifies in Michael Jackson Doctor's Trial
NBC Los Angeles
By Jonathan Lloyd An addiction specialist faced aggressive questioning from prosecutors Thursday after testifying in the trial of Michael Jackson's personal physician that he believes the superstar developed an addiction to a powerful pain medication ...
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Meeting focuses on effects of meth addiction on family members
Grand Island Independent
By Harold Reutter As it becomes more difficult to get the same feeling of euphoria and energy from meth, the addict will need to take the drug more and more often. Consequently, the addictionbecomes much more expensive to maintain, and that can lead ...
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Attorneys Ask: Was Lori Blaylock an Alcoholic?
KTVZ
But Thursday, on the first day of testimony in her husband's murder trial, another word was used in the courtroom: alcoholic. "Lori had admitted, self-admitted that she was an alcoholic?" Questioned Blaylock's attorney TJ Spear. ...
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Walsall addict in £25k benefits fraud avoids jail term
expressandstar.com
Mr Walker added that he now had a permanent job. The court heard Smith, who will be supervised in the community for a year, had started making repayments of £150 per month. Walsall addict in ~£ 25k benefits fraud avoids jail term.
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Mom: I knew Heather Catterton was a crack addict
Shelby Star
Catterton's mother, Stella Funderburk, took the stand for the defense Thursday afternoon. Funderburk testified that she knew her daughter had a crack addiction. She admitted that she, too, smoked the drug but didn't classify herself as an addict. ...
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Lawyer: Fresno car theft suspect a 'heavy addict'
Fresno Bee
1 auto thief isn't a criminal mastermind, but an addict who steals to support "a heavy-duty drug habit," his attorney said. Robert Frederick Wollert, 32, of Fresno, pleaded not guilty Thursday in Fresno County Superior Court to several misdemeanor and ...
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Life as a Chronic Drug Addict - Denmark
Demotix
"I used to feel rejected and lonely but after meeting her, it made me feel appreciated and loved despite the fact that i have my addiction," Claus explains about his girlfriend. same categories as the lowest members of society,ever wondered what is it ...
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Cannabis addiction research at U of C
Gauntlet
Public ideas vary on what constitutes dependence and addiction. "Typically when people say dependence, this could be used in a more narrow way to just mean a kind of physical dependence. When we're talking about dependence, we are talking about a ...
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I have a sex addiction
By Medical.Student1228
Hello, all. I am a married woman with children. My husband does not know it but I have been sleeping with different men, and I feel like I can't stop.
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Where Does Food Fit on the Hierarchy of Addiction? | Renascent
By TGIF
It has left the food addict alone without adequate resources: Because obesity has not been understood as an addiction, there has been no organized professional attempt to treat it as an addiction. The addict is told to 'learn' to control 'their drug,' and if the addict cannot, he or she is seen as weak or stubborn. We no longer expect this kind of willpower of the alcoholic or the drug addict. The responsibility for the dissemination of this ideology lies at least in part with the food industry. ...
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Chopra: I'm battling gambling demons head-on but am far from cured
Daily Mail
By Mel Henderson Ipswich striker Michael Chopra has opened his heart on the gambling addiction that threatened to wreck his career. Chopra, 27, who lines up at Millwall on Saturday after a second spell in rehab, warned: 'I know I'm not cured – there is ...
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Tabak hid addiction to extreme porn and escort girls from lover
Evening Standard
All through his trial, Vincent Tabak portrayed himself as some kind of wallflower. The 33-year-old engineer wanted the jury to know that, despite his vast intelligence, he never had a girlfriend until he was 30. The tall, bespectacled Dutchman ... | |
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