Crime & Punishment: VA Community’s Fight with Oxycontin
July 5, 2011 PENNINGTON GAP, Va. - A small, rural area of southwestern Virginia was a launching pad in the 1990s for a then-newly-approved pain-relief drug, Oxycontin. According t ...
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Wendell Potter Forums: How the Health Care Bill Will Help Tri-Cities Residents
Wendell Potter and Local Health Care Experts Explained How the Health Care Bill Will Help Tri-Cities Residents Bristol, VA and Kingsport, TN – Hundreds of local residents attended ...
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Remote Area Medical Shows Why Appalachia and America Need the New Health Law
Wise, VA –Community members and health care advocates say the huge demand for RAM’s services exemplifies why health care reform is desperately needed in Appalachia and America. Fo ...
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LOCAL GROUPS HOLD FORUM ON DRUG COURTS, ASKING FOR DELEGATE KILGORE’S CONTINUED SUPPORT
IN THE FACE OF STATE AND LOCAL BUDGET CUTS, DRUG COURTS SAVE MONEY AND PROVIDE AN EFFECTIVE APPROACH TO DRUG ABUSE TREATMENT AND PROBATION LEE COUNTY, VA- With local jail costs cr ...
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