RI Lawmakers Unveil Gun-Control Package, Including Ban on Semiautomatic

RI lawmakers unveil gun-control package, including ban on semiautomatic
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For example: Rhode Island doesn't contribute mental health or substance abuse records to the FBI's National Instant Background Check System, so there's no way of knowing if people buying guns in Rhode Island are truly eligible. That issue, and others …
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Girls on the Run hits stride in central Illinois
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… active exercises. Ted Schurter/The State Journal-Register …. The program aims to prevent future at-risk behaviors such as adolescent pregnancies, eating disorders, depression, suicide attempts and substance abuse. “We don't target specific girls …
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Letters from Readers: Grant will help fight prescription drug abuse; Why Haws?
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Focus is a nonprofit agency whose goal is to reduce substance abuse in Racine County, especially among young people. RCYC and Focus have collaborated over the past four years to provide community education and preventive strategies regarding …
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Science & Research Roundup: April 10, 2013
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The study was published online last month in the Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment. Methadone is often used as a treatment for addiction to opioids like heroin, according to a press release from the Miriam Hospital. But methadone, an opioid, is not …
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