Grand Designs, Bitter Harvest

Grand designs, bitter harvest

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The statistics are brutal and well known. About half of marriages end in divorce vs. the historical average of about 5 percent. Forty percent of children, and almost 75 … Children raised by single mothers are more likely to commit crimes, suffer …
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War on prescription drug abuse lands two more in jail

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"We are continuing in our efforts to fight the ever-growing problem of prescription pill addiction and drug trafficking in Fayette County," said Sheriff Kessler. "Grant funding made available to us through the State of West Virginia has aided in these …
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Opinion: We aren't winning 40-year war on drugs

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SALT LAKE CITY — In 1971, President Richard Nixon first declared a national “war on drugs,” asking for $ 84 million as he told Congress that drug abuse had “assumed the dimensions of a national emergency.” President Ronald Reagan re-affirmed a …
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If Vijender was into drugs, he wouldn't have won an Olympic medal, his father

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New Delhi: Boxer Vijender Singh's father has strongly denied Punjab Police allegations that his son used heroin, arguing that the 27-year-old would not have won an Olympic bronze medal if he had been into drug abuse. "My son is not into drugs and he is …
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