Addiction and Gambling and Other Peccadillos
Addiction and Gambling and Other Peccadillos
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Other researchers prefer to see it as closely related to substance and alcohol abuse and define it as a behavioural addiction. Pathological gambling and substance abuse are more common in young males and share clinical characteristics, symptoms, … Read more on ABC Online
Oregon lawmakers consider expanding drunken driving definition
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“The abuse and misuse of prescription drugs and other impairing substances is a growing problem in Oregon and the nation,” wrote Chuck Hayes, a retired Oregon State Police lieutenant who leads the governor's advisory committee on drunken driving. Read more on Statesman Journal
Policing Oakland
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Because many law breakers fit a familiar stereotype – young, dark-skinned men who live in poor neighborhoods – we often hear proposals suggesting that if the police are allowed free reign to accost people who meet that definition, crime will plummet … Read more on CounterPunch