Word: addict
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...urged a prison term for Smith. "We must let the drug pushers know that the courts will not look kindly upon them. Drug dealers are merchants of misery and death." Smith knows both sides of that coin. According to her attorney, Howard Weitzman, she has been battling her addiction for years. But for Belushi, said Weitzman, Smith might have remained "just another addict...
Treatment at best is a long, complex and frequently frustrating process. There are disputes about the best methods. For example, some programs use chemicals in the first stage to ease the crash of a cocaine addict coming down and stimulate the production of natural brain chemicals depleted by the drug. Managers of other programs insist the goal should be to get abusers off % dependence on any kind of chemical right away...
...Washington last week, House Speaker Tip O'Neill announced plans for a sweeping antidrug bill that would include provisions for more federal funds for expanded narcotics-interdiction efforts, addict treatment and public education. The new legislation could end up costing the government $5 billion a year. "If it breaks Gramm-Rudman," said O'Neill, "I'll ask the Rules Committee to waive the targets." Not to be left behind by the Democrats, a Reagan Administration Cabinet council met late last week to discuss a new White House initiative in the drug...
...prescribing needles for anyone who may use them for illegal drugs. Because of the legal obstacles, the program would require approval from the state legislature. That does not seem likely right now, but Rutledge hopes attitudes will become more enlightened. As he notes, it is a sobering fact that addicts find it easier to get drugs than clean needles. That means the AIDS threat will grow every time an addict shoots up with a dirty needle supplied by a friend or a drug dealer...
...recently released from jail where he was taking the rap for his boss, takes a job as a driver for Simone, a "tall, thin, black tart," (Cathy Tyson) who drags him into her personal tragedy, a desperate search for her friend Cathy, a 15-year-old prostitute and heroin addict...