Matthew Mitcham Talks Addiction, Depression and 'Openly Gay' Olympic Gold

Matthew Mitcham Talks Addiction, Depression and 'Openly Gay' Olympic Gold

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I'd been addicted to other drugs as a teenager, but when I gave them up to focus on my diving, I did so without ever addressing the underlying issues of my drug use. I thought I was fixed because I was able to go cold turkey. And it took a while for …
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Rachel Maddow Draws Parallels Between Marijuana Legalization In Colorado …

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Instead, she took a careful look at booze laws and the end of alcohol prohibition, drawing several parallels to Colorado and Washington's ending of marijuana prohibition in their states and the unknown drug policy world the United States has just …
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Holland to ban sale of 'skunk' marijuana in coffee shops

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Ivo Opstelten, Holland's justice minister, has informed the Dutch parliament to set out a major rethink of the country's liberal policy on soft drugs which allows cannabis to sold and smoked in specially licenced cafés or “coffee shops”. He cited a …
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