Sad Circle
An athlete with a gambling problem goes into deep debt, can’t possibly pay it off. Solution: borrow even more money, adding a second debt to what remains of the first.
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Fool Me, Please
…a chatbot doesn’t actually feel anything for the user. It’s simply doing what it was programmed to do. Principally, that’s serving as a perfect mirror.
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86 that, will ya?
Anyway, “86ing” involved nothing more than a firm instruction to beat feet, and shut the door behind you.
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A Most Unsatisfactory Ending
A Purdue lawyer said most of the lawsuits against the company over opioids did not include specific financial claims. But the ones in those that did totalled over $40tn in damages.
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Numbers Game
“Significantly lesser quantities of drugs are smuggled directly into the United States by traffickers using maritime conveyances than by traffickers using overland routes.”
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A DUI Breakthrough?
…an estimated three out of four pot-positive DUI offenders were also positive for alcohol or other drugs when arrested.
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Is Social Media Addictive?
It would be difficult for the defense to argue that this isn’t done intentionally, for the purpose of keeping patrons coming back for more. And more, and more.
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DWI “Scam”-dal
It’s an incredibly dishonest way for officers of the court to behave, and I imagine those hearing or reading the story now are having some difficulty understanding how they managed to get away with it for as long as they did.
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No More Drink Limits
It’s ironic these revised recommendations were issued in 2026, since the last few years have seen an abundance of findings as to the serious health consequences of drinking– including various cancers
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The Skaggs Case: A Last Update
…he did purchase and ingest the illegal opioids. He didn’t realize they contained fentanyl.
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Is There An Alcoholic Personality?
An older person, usually a man, calling people in the middle of the night in order to rant drunkenly about his various complaints and resentments.
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A War on Who?
It struck me as a similar sort of small time, low-profile operation that would attract ordinary people hoping for a rare payday.
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Bupe or Bust
It wasn’t long, however, before we realized that the relapse rates from detoxification using Suboxone were quite high, with drug use often resuming on the day of discharge.
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