Matthew Perry’s death was attributed to the effects of high levels of the anesthetic drug, which is increasingly used to treat depression.
Tag: Drug Abuse and Traffic
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48 Million Americans Live With Addiction. Here’s How to Get Them Help That Works.
We have the tools we need to create a world where addiction is just one aspect of people’s lives instead of a dark portal to despair and early death.
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To Revive Portland, Officials Seek to Recriminalize Public Drug Use
State and local leaders are proposing to roll back part of the nation’s pioneering drug decriminalization law and step up police enforcement.
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In Los Angeles, the ‘Coroner to the Stars’ Has the Last Word
There is no medical examiner’s office in the world like the one in Los Angeles County, where investigations of sudden celebrity deaths come with the territory.
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After 50 Years, a Danish Commune Is Shaken From Its Utopian Dream
The semiautonomous community of Christiania, in the heart of Copenhagen, was created as a post-’60s anarchistic paradise. But violence and drugs may spell its end.