Recovering Drug Addict Shares Story to Change Laws

Published April 6, 2014

Recovering Drug Addict Shares Story to Change Laws — A local young man is sharing his story of addiction to make change. He’s trying to get synthetic drugs banned in every state. For 3 1/2 years Brandon Cox say…

Some states changing focus in fight against illegal drugs
The changes are both rhetorical and substantive, reflecting fiscal problems caused in part by prisons bulging with drug offenders and a shifting social ethos that views some drug use as less harmful than in the past. States are driving the trend. At …
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A look at heroin abuse in Colorado
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