Suicide Attempt Turns Into 15-Year Jail Sentence

Suicide attempt turns into 15-year jail sentence
A local attorney says Florida’s mandatory minimum laws are too strict and are keeping our jails and prisons overcrowded.
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Prescription to Addiction: Task force tackles drug treatment
COLUMBUS — The topic of treatment came up at the Wednesday meeting of the Ohio Prescription Drug Abuse Task Force. The dispatch from the front lines was not pretty.
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From prescription drug addict to new Start
Ken Start’s story is nothing short of “compelling,” a doctor said, from the severity of his addiction to pain killers to the success of his eventual and hard-fought sobriety.
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Ohio Prescription Drug Task Force talks drug treatment
COLUMBUS — The topic of treatment finally got its due at the Wednesday meeting of the Ohio Prescription Drug Abuse Task Force. The dispatch from the front lines was not pretty. The damage wrought on one of Ohio’s more affluent counties, Fairfield, is not entirely unique, but Fairfield County officials’ assessment of the situation and reactions to it may very well be.
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