Sex trafficking: There’s more to the Super Bowl than sports

Published February 4, 2011

Sex trafficking: There’s more to the Super Bowl than sports
“The Super Bowl is one of the largest human trafficking events in the United States .” –Greg Abbott, Texas Attorney General The wildly popular Super Bowl, with its revelry of sex, drugs and alcohol, invariably imparts a Bacchanalian aura to whatever city plays host to it, and Super Bowl XLV, which will take place in Arlington , Texas , on Sunday February 6, 2011, will be no exception.
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UT Southwestern Researchers Lead Network Of Texas Scientists Trying To Find Better Drug-Addiction Treatments
UT Southwestern Medical Center psychiatry researchers are leading the Texas arm of a national network that conducts clinical trials aimed at finding effective treatments for drug addiction. More than 100 community treatment providers and academic medical centers throughout the country are funded in part through the National Institute on Drug Abuse’s Clinical Trials Network (CTN). The Texas …
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Heineman rejects idea of cigarette tax increase
As far as Gov. Dave Heineman is concerned, a bill introduced by state Sen. Mike Gloor of Grand Island to increase the state’s tax on tobacco products is up in smoke.
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