Hollywood, Health & Society Panel Discussion – Addiction: Fact & Fiction


 

Hollywood, Health & Society Panel Discussion – Addiction: Fact & Fiction – Keynote by Dr. Timothy Condon, Deputy Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse. Recovered addicts, medical experts, specialists in drug and tobacco policy,…

 

Dishonest response on an initial application can come back to haunt an employee

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In a non-precedential opinion, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals recently upheld a hospital's firing of a security guard who had admitted that he was a recovering drug addict. Because that firing was based upon the fact that the employee previously …
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Jenny Gilbert on Mayerling: The drugged-up prince, the underage girl, and a

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Mayerling was the location of the Austrian hunting lodge where, in 1889, the drug-fuelled double-suicide of Crown Prince Rudolph and his 17-year-old mistress not only threatened to rock the principle of divine right, but also the political status quo …
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New law will help state be smart on crime

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They'll now be able to hand down more appropriate sentences in drug cases, for example, where the defendant in question was not the primary suspect or ringleader but previously stood to be punished as if he were. “Public safety … Deal's 'smart on …
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