US says drug abuse needs treatment, not just jail
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By Kate Kelland | LONDON (Reuters) – The United States sees drug abuse as a public health problem as much as a crime issue and is seeking to learn from countries in Europe and elsewhere about how to treat addiction as a disease, Barack Obama's drugs …
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Commissioner: Fight against fat like drug addiction
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The state's top health official on Tuesday compared Tennessee's obesity epidemic to drug addiction and called on chambers of commerce to confront the problem. “I'm pretty convinced that when we are talking about obesity and being overweight, …
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