The Cancer Industry and the True Cost of Treatment
The Cancer Industry and the True Cost of Treatment
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Author S. Lochlann Jain, a professor of anthropology and a survivor herself, probes cancer as a set of relationships: economic, medical, personal, ethical, institutional, and statistical. In this except from the introduction, the economic … Witness …
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Number of babies born with drug addiction rising
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Vaught noted in 2012, 4,500 people in the region were in need of substance abuse treatment, with 17 percent, or 855 people receiving treatment through her agency. She said 29 percent of … Doty said statistics gathered for a period of Jan. 1 to Sept …
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California Deals Major Blow To Drug-Sentencing Reform
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Senate Bill 649 would have given judges and prosecutors the option of making drug possession charges misdemeanors instead of felonies. If convicted, instead of prison or jail, those individuals would have been sent to substance-abuse treatment centers, …
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