Mogadishu’s Street Children | Drug Addiction in Somalia

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Mississippi could begin prosecuting women for miscarriages

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Buckhalter's lawyers, as well as reproductive health advocates in Mississippi and across the country, contend that the charges, in addition to criminalizing countless women, could deter women struggling with drug and alcohol addiction during pregnancy …
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Ireland at tipping point with abortion laws

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Most disturbing is the inaccurate medical information that many received in Ireland, Clarke said, including that abortion will lead to cancer, infertility, and drug and alcohol addiction. “The reason we do this is because we know when you restrict …
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Opinion: The Year of Mental Health at the Colorado Legislature

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Colorado's current laws governing how law enforcement and medical professionals can commit someone against his or her will for mental health or addiction treatment were passed in the 1970s. Back then a diagnosis-driven mindset led to three separate …
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Porn Addiction Relapse: The Pros and Cons of a Harm Reduction Approach

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Harm reduction by definition does not require the addict to go through withdrawal from an addictive behavior. This in turn means that the addict is continuing to use the behavior as a drug. As such the sexually addictive behavior keeps in place all the …
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