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12 police face job losses due to funding cuts
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Councillors have moved to cut the £2.7 million local authority budget for community policing by £500,000, saying they no longer feel they have any influence over where the officers they fund work since the introduction of the national police force … Read more on Edinburgh Evening News
Heroin Hits Home: The Deadly Drug Invades America's Schools
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According to Dan Duncan, associate executive director at St. Louis's National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse (NCADA), most heroin users start with pain pills as Andrew did. It's no wonder: In an interview with 60 Minutes last year, National … Read more on Huffington Post
Sugarcoated truth or sweet little lies?
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Last month, the South African National Health Nutrition Examination Survey set alarm bells ringing with the finding that 25% and 40% of women were overweight and obese respectively, and 20% of men were overweight and 12% obese. The Human …. Many … Read more on Mail & Guardian Online