"I don't really have a background in addiction — I've never ... "It's not just the medical side, like the drug — addiction is more of a symptom of something else," he said.

His positions on the economy and illegal immigration, plus a sense that a strong leader was needed are some of the reasons.

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Prison abolition itself won't be on the ballot, but organizers are pushing demands that could change the lives of thousands if adopted by referendum voters or victorious candidates.

Brand, 55, a retired advanced manufacturing executive, said his career had provided him with opportunities to live elsewhere ... "I'm usually in the background making things happen," Wright ...

Those ever-present TV drug ads showing patients hiking, biking or enjoying a day at the beach could soon have a ...

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to find suitable inpatient psychiatric care. Barreto’s attorney Brian Hutchinson didn’t immediately respond to a phone message seeking comment. But Barreto told The New York Times that he does not ...

Some people who took a new schizophrenia drug for one year improved with only a few side effects, but many dropped out of the research. That’s according to company-sponsored studies reported ...