Meth Maker Jailed for 17 Years
Meth maker jailed for 17 years
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The pre-sentence report said Mehrtens would remain a "high risk" of reoffending unless he faced his drug addiction. In sentencing Mehrtens to 17 years and nine months imprisonment, Justice Keane also ordered concurrent sentences of five years each for …
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'Anti-gambling' pill goes to trial
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The DSM-5 is expected to broaden the definition of addiction to include gambling for the first time, making it almost no different to drug or alcohol addictions. More importantly, addiction-medicine experts believe this means that treatment approaches …
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UK tabloids single out Call of Duty, Dynasty Warriors in coverage of Sandy …
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This morning's edition of The Sun carries the front page splash: “KILLER'S CALL OF DUTY OBSESSION”, saying Adam Lanza, who took his own life after murdering 20 children at Sandy Hook, was “addicted to controversial vid game”. Then, in a double page …
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Flagler expected to OK new ordinance regulating pain clinics
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"The effects of prescription drug abuse, and the adverse secondary effects of illegal clinics impact everything from law enforcement, the courts, schools, loss of guardianship of children, services, etc.," wrote County Administrator Craig Coffey in …
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