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Prescription Drug-Impaired Drivers Difficult To Identify, Prosecute

Lawmakers, prosecuting attorneys and law enforcement officials have all noted that it's becoming increasingly difficult to not only prosecute individuals impaired by prescription drug use, but also difficult to identify such individuals. Law enforcement officials, in particular, are taxed with the burden of discretion in judgment when approaching an individual who ...

Self-control impulse impaired in addicts’ brains, possibly inherited

A study, appearing in Science Mag, says that there seems to be a presence of abnormalities in the brain of addicts that regulate self-control mechanisms. Researchers at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom studied brain scans of 50 pairs of siblings, one of each pair being a cocaine addict and the ...

Kim Richards Admits To Alcoholism

Much speculation encircled Real Housewives of Beverly Hills and previous child-actress Kim Richards this television season. On the show, it was clear Ms. Richards was struggling with issues in her life. Her erratic behavior caused her fellow cast members to accuse her of using crystal meth on screen. Kim Richards, as ...

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