Prescription Pills Killing U.S. Veterans
Prescription Pills Killing U.S. Veterans – Prescription drug abuse and overdose has taken so many lives in America that the White House classifies it as an epidemic. Sadly, our nation’s veterans are s…
Rick Scott Blasted For Deaths Of 40 Children
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The deaths included cases of asphyxia, drowning, physical abuse, shootings, and a drug overdose. … Scott's Lt. Governor after being questioned by investigators</a> on a veterans charity accused of being a front for a $ 300 million gambling operation.
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Death rate unusually high for young veterans
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Among the veteran deaths, there were 160 suicides by firearms, 99 suicides by hanging, 127 motorcycle accidents and 212 other motor vehicle crashes, 136 accidental drug overdoses and 25 drownings. The analysis found that suicide, a vexing epidemic in …
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Do Good: And they all lived together in a little crooked house* (Part II)
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Civil War Veterans — suffering from PTSD and opiate addiction — with no place to go; 2. Emerging racism and … Leading citizens organized to rescue them, and organizations like D.A. Blodgett and St. John's Home were created to help. Adults suffering …
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Afraid in America
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There is the proliferation of heavily armed SWAT teams, even in small towns; the use of shock-and-awe tactics to bust small-time bookies; the no-knock raids to recover trace amounts of drugs that often result in the killing of family dogs, if not …
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