Drugstore Cowboy
Drugstore Cowboy – Addicted husband and wife team|Bob and Diane Hughes (Matt Dillon|Kelly Lynch) and a younger couple of thieves resort to robbing drugstores to stay high. Still in spite of this tragic lifestyle|they share moments of compassion and humor. The foursomes skillfully skirt the law due to Bob’s wits and superstitious nature until the day his luck begins to change. When his death appears inevitable|Bob realizes he must give up drugs and Diane to survive.
Breaking the Addiction to Incarceration: Weekly Highlights (03/29/2013)
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Florida's HB 159 and SB 420 each passed their subcommittees; the bills would allow judges to depart from mandatory minimum sentences for certain defendants charged with drug offenses. Georgia's legislature passed comprehensive juvenile justice reform, …
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Oregon Counting On Numbers To Help Track Healthcare Reform
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So, to set a baseline, Oregon Health and Science University looked into how often doctors currently ask patients about drug or alcohol abuse — not just whether they smoke or drink, but whether they're abusing substances. The answer? Virtually never.
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House Committee Votes to Require Insurers to Pay for Court-Ordered Treatment
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Barnhart said most people who are addicted to drugs and alcohol don't wake up one morning and decide it's time to seek help. They go to treatment at … Bill Kennemer, R-Oregon City, who is also a psychologist and co-sponsored the bill. “Why wouldn't …
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Supreme Court won't hear case of Alberta nurses disciplined for stealing drugs
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The two, who were addicts, argued that their drug dependency was essentially a disability which should have been taken into account by the tribunal. The tribunal ruled in 2010 there was no link between their theft and their addictions and imposed …
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