Video, Q&A: Former NBA Star Talks of Losing Career to Drugs

Video, Q&A: Former NBA star talks of losing career to drugs

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Chris, you had a career in the NBA but it seems like now you are more well known for your work in drug and alcohol substance abuse prevention. … I know just helping one person, me, like what my life turned out to, and how many people were affected by it.
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University throws weight behind training in mental health

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The programme's facilitator, Dr Joseph Mbatia says introduction of the new course emanated from the concern on the growing social problems- namely poverty, marital issues, family values, child abuse and drug addiction. Dr. Mbatia, one of the leading …
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Lindsay Lohan: Punishment or Treatment?

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From one side, we will hear demands for incarceration; from the other, outcries for treatment. While I do not know Ms. Lohan or the details of her case, I do know that for offenders who are addicted, neither jail or treatment alone works. Drug Courts …
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The Winners' History of Rock and Roll, Part 4: Aerosmith

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Along the way, the sex has been plentiful and the drugs free, delivered by the fistful via sycophants desperate for a few spare minutes in our rarefied orbit. … How the story of Aerosmith is told tends to vary depending on the storyteller, but it …
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