What Addiction Almost Ended Terry Crews' Marriage?

VIDEO RICH Addiction Almanac [View eBulletin as Webpage]( May 3, 2022|Vol. 9|No.38 Since 2013 [Home]( [Fan Mail]( U.S. Army Sued Over Discharging Soldiers with Drug Addiction [audio]( - April 28, 2022 - The U.S. Army is violating veterans’ rights, its own regulations and the Constitution by refusing to give soldiers with alcohol and drug use disorders honorable discharges... [more@KXXV]( Pharmacies Block Telehealth Adderall Prescriptions  April 27, 2022 - Spokesmen for Walgreens and Capsule outlined the company’s prescribing practices but wouldn’t discuss the decision to block prescriptions. A CVS spokesman said... [more@WSJ]( Did Doctors Kill His Son? Now Dad is Fighting Back [video]( April 27, 2022 - Dr. Abu Abubaker believes minor surgery to repair a football injury just one year earlier, led to his son’s struggle with prescription opioids and eventually heroin. 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