Inmates find outdoor work more rewarding than sitting inside a cell

Inmates find outdoor work more rewarding than sitting inside a cell
The 'it' he referred to is addiction. “A lot of people fall prey to it.” Jimmy Shinn, Marion County sheriff, said that the most dangerous time for his staff and inmates comes during the first 48 hours of incarceration, when those arrested are coming … Read more on Hannibal.net

Woman Shares Story Of Being Drug Addicted Mother, Struggle For Recovery
Mary Calhoun Brown, a member of the Board of Directors at Lily's Place, said the facility will be “a wonderful community outreach to try to help babies that are born addicted to their mother's drugs.” Sixteen nurseries were fully furnished and … Read more on WCHS-TV8

JFK assassination: why cinema has stopped us caring about the killing of a …
In The Salton Sea, Vincent D'Onofrio plays a noseless meth addict who stages a reenactment of the assassination with pigeons (one of them wearing a pink pillbox hat) in a remote-controlled miniature car. And we haven't even got started on the novels … Read more on Telegraph.co.uk

Oreos: As Addictive As Cocaine?
As it turns out, that “sugar high” might actually be a thing. In a groundbreaking study out this week from Connecticut College, researchers discovered that “America's favorite cookie” might be as addictive as such illicit drugs as cocaine and … Read more on Canton Repository