Retiring Martin County Sheriff Crowder Talks About His 20 Years in Office

Published January 7, 2013

Retiring Martin County Sheriff Crowder talks about his 20 years in office

Filed under: District of Columbia Drug Use

There, he implemented programs such as school resource officers, the Drug Abuse Resistance Education program and the K-9 dog unit. He also got the agency involved in the Crime … Crowder said he had questions about Medicare fraud allegations …
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Weekly Washington healthcare update

Filed under: District of Columbia Drug Use

H.R. 1845, the Medicare IVIG Access Act, would study access to IVIG treatment for Medicare beneficiaries and would initiate a demonstration project to cover and use the treatment in the home. Finally, H.R. 6672, the Pandemic and … These states will …
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Legalized pot, gay marriage: Are we all Washington now?

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Although 24 states and the District of Columbia have an initiative process, it has been most used by the Western states, particularly California, Oregon and Washington, making them laboratories for special interest groups. Take marijuana, for example …
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Measures to Rule the Land—From Marriage to Marijuana

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Maryland's Civil Marriage Protection Act becomes law on Tuesday, bringing the number of states that have legalized same-sex marriage to nine, plus the District of Columbia, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures, a bipartisan group …
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Phish Frontman Trey Anastasio Speaks on Drug Courts’ Saving Power – As we all know, Trey was in a bad place by 2006, when he was arrested in upstate New York for drug possession. He spent 14 months in a Drug Court and a few years on probation…he, and Phish, wouldn’t be here without that vital help. For the second time, Trey visited Washington, DC to speak on the benefits of Drug Courts. Learn more here: www.nadcp.org 7-19-11: Seamus Kraft Productions