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The Truth About Babies, New Parents and Crack Addicts

Alfie Evers | Posted 10.03.2013 | UK Comedy
Read More: Addicts, Lack of Sleep, Stephen King, Crack Cocaine, Pregnancy, Parenting, Poo, Babies, New Parents, Parents, UK Comedy, UK Comedy News
Alfie Evers

Have you met new parents? I really can't tell the difference between them or crack addicts. In fact, I'm convinced they're the same. Bloodshot eyes, pale skin, always say stuff like; "it's really great you should try it". They don't realise how desperately unhappy they are.

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Addiction Beat: Learning From the Red Cross

Dr. Peter Ferentzy | Posted 31.12.2012 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: Addiction, Harm Reduction, Drugs, Tough Love, Red Cross, Emotions, Health, Crack Cocaine, Alcoholism, Heroin, Wellbeing, Cocaine, UK Lifestyle News
Dr. Peter Ferentzy

For too long, people have been told that harm reduction - offering help of any kind - is in fact bad for the problem substance user. This one preachy bit of tripe is something our society can do without. Then, finally, more and more honest and practical decisions will be made.

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Dealing With Addiction: What Does Stigma Entail?

Dr. Peter Ferentzy | Posted 08.12.2012 | UK Politics
Read More: Stigma, Addiction, Recovery, Degradation, Prejudice, Health, Crack Cocaine, Drugs, Heroin, Wellbeing, UK Politics News
Dr. Peter Ferentzy

There are so many ways to address the issue of stigma, and those of us working in the addictions require a keen grasp of its many facets. Having exper...

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Crack Cocaine Addict Jailed for 'Brutal Murder' Of 86-Year-Old Pensioner

PA | Posted 06.06.2012 | UK
Read More: UK Courts, UK Murder, Murder, Old Bailey, UK Crime, UK News, Crack Cocaine, UK News

A woman who bludgeoned a pensioner to death has been jailed for life. Karen Williamson, 46, was told she will spend a minimum of 24 years in prison...

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The War On Drug Addicts

Ronnie Joice | Posted 26.06.2012 | UK Comedy
Read More: Parliament, Russell Crowe, Russell Brand, Ketamine, Drugs, The Daily Mail, Pot, Heroin, War on Drugs, Celebrity Rehab, Weed, Crack, Ronnie Joice, Cannabis, UK Parliament, Crack Cocaine, Bill Hicks, Chip Sommers, Rehabilitation, Comedy, Cocaine, UK Comedy News
Ronnie Joice

Russell Brand speaks sense. It's important that people recognise this, because it would be so easy to dismiss him. He's a comedian, therefore he masks a lot of his own serious emotions and insecurities in self-ridicule and jokes.

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Would Whitney Be Alive If There Was No Bobby?

Tom Kambouris | Posted 22.04.2012 | Home
Read More: Crack, The Bodyguard, Drug Addiction, Robyn Crawford, Ray J, New Edition, Billboard Music Awards, Junkie, Bobby Brown, Grammy Awards, Whitney Houston, Kevin Costner, American Music Awards, Crack Cocaine, Drug Addict, Grammys, Bobbi Kristina Houston Brown, Amas, Home News
Tom Kambouris

When Whitney met Bobby in 1989, the term power couple did not exist. If it did, a portmanteau would have been coined the moment they laid eyes on each other: Bitney? Bobnee? Brouston? Ominously, none of it works.

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UK Riots - How the Drugs War Fits In

Jason Reed | Posted 10.10.2011 | UK
Read More: Drugs War, Parliament, Deputy Prime Minister, Politicians, Bbc, Cause of UK Riots, Drugs, War on Drugs, Race, Crack, Politics, Cannabis, Riots, UK Parliament, Darcus Howe, UK Riots, Crack Cocaine, Drug Strategy, Jason Reed, Professor Alex Stevens, Mayor of London, Prime Minister, Cocaine, UK News
Jason Reed

The direct and indirect consequences of drugs policy are often overlooked, and it's at the cost of a healthy community. The drug war has served as a whipping horse for politics and an evidence based strategy has been discarded.

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