The Single Best Anti-Gun-Death Policy? Ending the Drug War

The Single Best Anti-Gun-Death Policy? Ending the Drug War

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Meanwhile, interdiction efforts raise the price of drugs by curbing supply, making local drug supply monopolies (i.e., gang turf) a rich prize to be fought over. And stuffing our overcrowded prisons full of harmless, hapless drug addicts forces us to …
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Christie pardons woman who beat addiction

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NEWARK — Gov. Chris Christie has pardoned a New Jersey woman who went straight after years of drug addiction. Christie says Joyce Holman embodies his belief that "no life is disposable." Christie's office says the 59-year-old mother of two abused …
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At VA, peer counselors connect with struggling veterans

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A decade ago, gripped by alcoholism and drug addiction, Navy veteran Albert Krull contemplated jumping off the Tobin Bridge spanning the Mystic River in Boston. Instead, Krull decided to seek treatment at the nearby Veterans Affairs Medical Center …
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