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1-Year-Old Girl Tragically Dies After Ingesting Potent Opioid Used To Tranquilize Elephants

Neighbors believe someone should be held accountable.
10/26/2017

Heroin in White America: Ohio Police Release Striking Photo of Overdosing Couple With Child in Backseat

Not typical image the country has grown comfortable with.
09/09/2016
Ebola Death Toll Reaches 4,500 in West Africa

Health Rewind: Ebola Death Toll Reaches 4,500 in West Africa

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Criminal Justice  - According to Peter Groff, head of the U.S. Department of Education’s faith-based initiatives center, criminal justice is still an area of concern, particularly because of the disproportionate number of African-American males in the nation’s penal system and jails. Lincoln University political science professor F. Carl Walton agrees that while the number of Black judges, lawyers and law enforcement officials has increased, state legislatures continue to pass laws that often result in disparate and harsher sentences for Blacks.(Photo: REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson)

More Americans Favor Treatment, Not Jail, for Hard Drug Users

Is the public ready for a truce in the ongoing war on drugs?
04/03/2014
Unlicensed Doctor Charged With Murder in Spreading HIV

This Controversial Program Could Curb America's Latest Drug Crisis

Needle-exchange programs could save thousands of lives.
03/18/2014

“Killer Heroin” Causing Fatal Overdoses in the East

The number of people who use heroin has skyrocketed.
02/19/2014