Kenya Battles Rising Drug Addiction

Kenya battles rising drug addiction – Kenya is battling a rising epidemic of drug abuse that has brought an increase in the number of people who are HIV positive. A flood of cheap drugs has swamped the country’s coastal areas with scores of addicts sharing needles. But as Al Jazeera’s Catherine Soi reports, there are deep divisions about how to tackle the problem.

110 Predictions For the Next 110 Years

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Drugs will be tested on "organ chips" that mimic the human body. Now undergoing trials in 15 … According to the International Data Corporation, the volume of digital content created on the planet in 2010 exceeded a zettabyte for the first time in …
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Recovering Santa Rosa addict describes descent into heroin use

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In 2010, O.G. was arrested for theft, burglary and drug possession. There was jail time and some addiction treatment, but it didn't hold. In late 2010, amid a nationwide epidemic of addiction to OxyContin, the company that makes the drug changed the …
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HOMELESS IN AMERICA'S HOMETOWN: Canary on a cold night

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The Plymouth Area Coalition (781-582-2010) is, in its own way, keeping people from falling through the cracks. …. The Anchor House, the Oxford House, Cameron's House and Zovea's House provide shelter and facilitate drug and alcohol treatment programs …
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Tenn. sees more babies addicted to drugs

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The Health Department reports that the number of babies with neonatal abstinence syndrome increased tenfold between 2000 and 2010. In the last two years alone, more than a thousand babies have been born dependent on addictive drugs. To combat the …
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