Update: Florida Opioid Litigation: Attorney Joshua Horton Examines Substance Use Disorder
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Update: Florida Opioid Litigation: Attorney Joshua Horton Examines Substance Use Disorder - Why Victims are Denied Justice and Treatment?
OVERDOSE DEATHS SPIKED AFTER START OF THE PANDEMIC, DRIVEN BY SYNTHETIC OPIOIDS LIKE FENTANYL
Since COVID-19 first started upending day-to-day life for Americans in March 2020, public health officials have been sounding the alarm about a potential surge in drug overdoses.
Overdose deaths rose during the second half of 2019, and experts feared the pandemic would produce conditions that would further increase overdoses and deaths: economic shock, social isolation and increased mental health distress, and disrupted access to addiction support and medications that require face-to-face visits.
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Anne Toohey was enjoying a girls night with takeout and wine in 2019 when her friend s male roommate came home and joined the festivities.
Friends put Toohey to bed after the wine mixed with her prescription medication took an unexpected toll. Her next cloudy memory was of her friend s roommate creeping into the guest room and kissing her while she repeatedly pleaded with him: I m married, I love my husband.
After realizing she was raped and reporting it, she was told she wouldn t get justice in court because state law didn t consider her physically helpless and defines a victim of sexual assault as mentally incapacitated only if the person was forcibly drugged not if someone was voluntarily intoxicated.
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Tehreek-e-Kashmir UK observes Kashmiri Women s Resistance Day
Conference aimed to awaken the world’s conscience on the century s most barbaric mass rape that took place in IIOJK
LONDON:
An online Conference on Kashmiri Women s Resistance Day was organised by Tehreek-e-Kashmir UK to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the tragic Kunan and Poshpora mass rape incident and to honour the victims.
The conference aimed to awaken the world’s conscience on the century s most barbaric mass rape, as the world has become a silent spectator of the heinous crimes of the Indian occupational forces, especially murder and rape, taking place in illegally Occupied Jammu & Kashmir.
Denied Justice: Reports uncovers flaws in the state legal system when it comes to sexual assaults
A series released by the Star Tribune helped shed light on a flawed system, and pushed Minnesota lawmakers to make a change. Author: Jana Shortal Updated: 6:55 PM CST February 4, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS A Star Tribune series called Denied Justice spelled it out victim survivor, by victim survivor.
Kilomarie s story was in those pages. While in a position of helping and advocacy, I, myself, was assaulted, she said. But I still was not listened to because I came with the label of a victim, survivor, immediately shut door on me many many times.