China May End Long-Hated Labor Re-Education Camps
China may end long-hated labor re-education camps
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Initially set up in the 1950s to detain accused counterrevolutionaries or other critics of the Communist government, the education-through-labor system was revamped around 1980 to hold drug addicts, petty thieves, prostitutes and other small-time …
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Medical board's physician oversight criticized
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After complaining of wrist pain and anxiety, he walked out of her office with "what might as well as have been a loaded weapon," said April Rovero, who founded the National Coalition Against Prescription Drug Abuse after her son's death. "The medical …
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Merkerson, Martin re-partner for Marvin Gaye Film
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The film focuses on Gaye in the 1980s when he battled drug abuse and depression. Merkerson spoke Monday while promoting NBC's drama "Deception," in which she plays the mother of show's lead character Johanna. She's also in the Tyler Perry-produced …
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The Meadows Wickenburg Sponsors “An Evening with John Bradshaw” in Houston
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The Meadows trauma and addiction treatment center in Wickenburg, Arizona, is a co-sponsor with the Council on Alcohol and Drugs Houston for “An Evening with John Bradshaw” on March 21, 2013, from 7:00 to 8:30pm at the Council on Alcohol and Drugs …
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