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Game Changer or Topsy-Turvy   VIDEO WV Supreme Court allows drug addicts to sue doctors, pharmacists for addiction                         VIDEO     A West Virginia Supreme Court ruling says juries can now decide if drug addicts can sue physicians and pharmacies for their addictions. In a 3-2 decision issued Wednesday, the justices paved the way for people to claim damages for allegedly causing or contributing to their addictions of controlled substances-- even if they broke the law by doctor shopping. CONTINUED @ WOWKTV.com

Healing With Words Rapping About Addiction     Rappers such as New York legend DMX and Southern rap veteran Lil Wayne began to talk about their addiction problems. Lil Wayne was also one of the few rappers to talk publicly of the dangers of "zyrup", a mix of cough syrup and codeine that's very popular in Southern states like his native Louisiana, describing it as "death in the stomach". CONTINUED @ CastleCraig.com

Legislators From Both Parties Focus on Deaths From Opioid Overdoses - Partnership for Drug-Free Kids

Legislators From Both Parties Focus on Deaths From Opioid Overdoses - Partnership for Drug-Free Kids

Flakka Deaths Rise to 18 in One Florida County - Partnership for Drug-Free Kids

Flakka Deaths Rise to 18 in One Florida County - Partnership for Drug-Free Kids

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Six Things I Learned During Two Years Without Alcohol    

I can't believe no mind-altering substances have entered my body in two years! If you told me two years ago I would be sitting here writing this blog, I would have said, you're crazy. Some days the gratitude is almost too much to bear and I just can't believe I've been given this amazing second chance at life.

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