A working life: The probation officer

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Meeting murderers and violent offenders is an everyday occurrence for Kelly Grice but, asshe tells Leo Benedictus, if she transforms a life, it’s worth it Ask people why they do the job they do, and they will often rummage lengthily for an answer. Ask Kelly Grice, however, as I just have, and the response is clear and immediate. “I’m actually really attached to this job,” she says. “It’s the …

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Stimulus Pushers

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To treat Washington’s spending addiction, the November elections are the taxpayer’s best chance to stage an intervention. But until then, President Obama and the Democratic Congress are determined to keep pushing strung-out state governments to take one more fix. The latest Beltway bailout will force states to spend more money.

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Prescription opioids can be gate way to illicit drug addiction: Study

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Thirty-one of 75 patients hospitalized for opioid detoxification told University at Buffalo physicians they first got hooked on drugs legitimately prescribed for pain. Another 24 began with a friend’s left-over prescription pills or pilfered from a parent’s medicine cabinet. The remaining 20 patients said they got hooked on street drugs.

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Drug addicts get hooked via prescriptions, keep using ‘to feel like a better person,’ research shows

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If you want to know how people become addicted and why they keep using drugs, ask the people who are addicted. Thirty-one of 75 patients hospitalized for opioid detoxification told physicians they first got hooked on drugs legitimately prescribed for pain.

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