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Wednesday, June 19th, 2013

Posts Tagged Alcoholism

Buck campaign to gay teen’s mom: ‘Ken may have mis-spoke’

By | 10.25.10 | 11:46 am

U.S. Senate candidate Ken Buck made national news for a week after saying on Meet the Press that he believed same-sex attraction was a lifestyle choice and comparing homosexuality to alcoholism. He later stood by the statement even in…

Root Cause Of Crime I: Substance Abuse

By | 07.25.06 | 12:26 pm

About 47.2% of people newly sent to prison each year in Colorado have a severe or moderately severe substance abuse problem.  Another 35.1% have a moderate substance abuse problem.  Only 9.4% have no substance abuse problem.  Female inmates are…

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