Arizona worst or close in CDC measures of teen substance abuse

Arizona worst or close in CDC measures of teen substance abuse

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The 2011 Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance report, covering various dimensions of substance abuse, ranked Arizona as having the nation's highest rate (34.6 percent) of high schoolers who were offered, sold or given an illegal drug by someone on school …
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Ex-Eskimo Braidwood jailed 4-1/2 years for weapons, sex assault charges

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Braidwood sat beside his lawyer with his head down while the facts were read Friday. Defence lawyer Matthew Nathanson said the drug use is “not an excuse” for what happened that night, but perhaps “an explanation” of Braidwood's behaviour, which he …
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Drones, Sanctions and the Prison Industrial Complex

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There is little doubt that jailing drug related “criminals” causes more and not less drug use and crime and yet the so-called criminal justice system is expending an increasingly greater fortune in human and material resources on prisons, contrary to …
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When Prison Bars Separate Moms from Children

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To Push Prisons, Harper Buried Own Government's Findings. Facts on crime and jail terms didn't fit vote getting strategy, so PM ignored them. … She was at Alouette serving a drug-related prison sentence between 2006 and 2007, 2008 and 2009. By the …
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