DEBATE: Thumbs Down … MTV's "Buckwild" Glorifies Substance Abuse

DEBATE: Thumbs Down … MTV's "Buckwild" Glorifies Substance Abuse

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It is bad enough that West Virginians are portrayed as ignorant hillbillies but there's not much doubt that alcohol and drug abuse will also be displayed. It is not the fact that West Virginians will be shown … Now, I would be behind a show that …
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SCV Teens 'Tell It Like It Is' at Drug Symposium

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A standing-room-only audience of about 150 Santa Clarita Valley residents and community leaders packed the ACTION Family Zone in Canyon Country to hear about drug abuse in the SCV from the teens' perspective at the “Teens Tell it Like it Is” symposium …
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Abusers of prescription painkillers can be hard to spot

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It will be in place and doctors will be required to check it one year from now. From addict to dealer. Opioids are used to treat severe, … After he sprained his ankle about six years ago, Gonzalez became addicted to the painkiller his doctor …
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Washington Could Learn a Lot from a Drug Addict – Washington’s chronic overspending is just like a junkie’s addiction to drugs. Unless the cycle of addiction is broken, our economic and unemployment situation will continue to suffer. Washington is out of time. To avoid hitting rock bottom, Washington must cut spending today. To spread this message, Washington Could Learn a Lot has created this video. Learn more at washingtoncouldlearnalot.com. Update: Now, our economic situation has deteriorated even further. We are now approaching trillion in debt and Congress has raised the debt ceiling 11 times in the past ten years. Washington Could Learn a Lot is a project of Public Notice Research & Education Fund (PNREF). PNREF is an independent non-profit dedicated to educating the American people about economic policy and the principles of economic freedom. Through our education and awareness projects, PNREF will explore the future consequences of public policies being enacted today.

 

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