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State investigating Baltimore methadone clinic after man's death
The day after her ex-husband's funeral in January, Sabrina Lumpkin started calling every public official she could think of, trying to get someone to pay attention. Warren Lumpkin, 34, had died in a Southwest Baltimore house of heart complications...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, OxyContin (drug), Mental Health, Behavioral Conditions, Methadone (drug)
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Legalizing pot will put teens in jeopardy
In spite of citizens' concerns, it seems our politicians are determined to decriminalize marijuana, either under the smoke screen of medical use or through outright legalization ("Advocates for legal marijuana take first steps," March 20). As with...
Tags: Timonium, Drugs and Medicines
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Harford offering new drug, alcohol education program April 2
In response to a 2010 Youth Commission Survey, in which 49 percent of youth in grades six to 12 indicated they feel strongly that alcohol and drug abuse educational program and initiatives are needed, the Harford County Department of Community Services...Tags: Substance Abuse, Drug Use, Recreational Substance Use, Drugs and Medicines
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'Caring for Those Who Care' conference is April 6
The 2013 "Caring for Those Who Care" Conference and Resource Fair is scheduled for Saturday, April 6 at the Veronica "Roni" Chenowith Activity Center in Fallston. The event, which is free, is sponsored by the Harford County Geriatric Assistance and...Tags: ABC (tv network), Harford Community College, Drugs and Medicines
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Baltimore police add patrols to battle west-side violence
Jim Mingle and Mike Boyd, detectives for the Baltimore Police Department, usually work in ties and jackets, but as daylight wanes on this day, they are standing on a West Baltimore street corner in their uniform blues. "Still fits," Mingle says, patting...
Tags: Baltimore Police Department, Diabetes, Murder, Basketball, Shootings
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Health care reform is cutting costs, improving care
This week marks the third anniversary of the Affordable Care Act. For Marylanders, that means a health care system that is stronger than it was three years ago, and a future that looks even brighter. Marylanders who have health insurance now have more...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Small Businesses, Insurance, Business
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'Real Housewives of Beverly Hills' recap, Passive aggressive in Paris
We're still in Paris, where Yolanda and Brandi are running through the streets backed by what sounds like Parisian dubstep.
Brandi's on a mission to look as good as Yolanda does when she's her age, to which I say, "Yesssss, ma'mm!" Both of them spent...Tags: Animals, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, Paris (France), France, Drugs and Medicines
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Heroin deaths rise as crackdown on prescription drug abuse succeeds
As efforts to crack down on the abuse of prescription drugs have worked, a new problem has emerged, with addicts who can no longer get their fix by popping pills turning to the old-fashioned street drug heroin, health and law enforcement officials say....Tags: OxyContin (drug), Hospitals and Clinics, Drug Trafficking, Behavioral Conditions, Addiction
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Obama's State of the Union address as prepared for delivery [Text]
Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, fellow citizens: Fifty-one years ago, John F. Kennedy declared to this Chamber that “the Constitution makes us not rivals for power but partners for progress…It is my task,” he...
Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Small Businesses, Government, Joe Lieberman, China
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Plan to cut Saturday mail delivery gets ho-hum reaction in Harford
Many business owners interviewed along Bel Air's Main Street this week said they had no problem with the U.S. Postal Service's plan to eliminate Saturday mail delivery to homes and businesses, some going so far to say the move makes sense for the postal...
Tags: U.S. Postal Service, Mail Order Industry, Havre de Grace, Business, Government Postal Delivery
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Harford Executive David Craig's 2013 State of the County Address
The following is the complete text of Harford County Executive David Craig's 2013 State of the County Address delivered at the Harford County Council legislative session on Tuesday, Feb. 5: "Where there is no vision, the people perish", so it is...Tags: Bel Air (Harford, Maryland), Waste, Safety of Citizens, Annapolis, Government
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Ocean City dealing with 'overwhelming increase' in heroin cases
In an effort to reverse an "overwhelming increase" in heroin abuse in Ocean City this year, police in Maryland's largest beach resort launched a broad, weeks-long investigation into the local drug trade — resulting last week in the indictments of...
Tags: Heroin, Trials, Drug Trafficking, Joshua Allen, Police Arrests
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