Word: drugged
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...this roiling economy has thrown out the old rules about who can get hired. With the national unemployment rate at 4.3%--and at less than 3% in some states--businesses are dipping deeper into the labor pool than ever before. The Welfare to Work Partnership has been placing recovering drug addicts and alcohol abusers in private-sector jobs. Even job applicants with criminal records are getting hired. UPS, for one, has "relaxed" its practice of not hiring ex-cons, says Rodney Carroll, a UPS executive who serves as chief operating officer of the Welfare to Work Partnership...
...response, Comey and his boss, U.S. Attorney Helen Fahey, launched Project Exile in partnership with Richmond police chief Jerry Oliver and the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. The new procedure: anytime Richmond police found a gun on a drug dealer, user, convicted felon or suspect in a violent crime, the case would be tried under federal statutes that carry mandatory sentences of at least five years without parole--and longer for repeated or aggravated offenses...
...itchy ears, have been reported. As with any antidepressant, a few people who take it develop mania, an uncontrolled frenzy of emotion and activity. Who knows what else may turn up if millions of people start using it? Maybe that's one reason SAMe is still a prescription drug in Europe. So, if you do decide to try it, it's not a bad idea to let your doctor know so that he or she can watch for anything unusual...
SENTENCED. ROBERT DOWNEY JR., 34, trouble-prone actor; to three years in jail, for violating terms of his probation for a 1996 drug conviction; in Malibu, Calif...
DIDN'T YOU JUST SAY NO? The anti-drug program DARE is taught in 75% of U.S. school districts, yet a new study from the University of Kentucky indicates that it has no long-term effect on kids' use of illegal drugs. In interviews with those who completed DARE in 1988, 46% admitted to smoking marijuana and 24% to taking other drugs within the past year. Researchers say programs would be more effective if they focused on kids most at risk...