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4 days ago

Something Grim Is Happening to People Who Go Off GLP-1s

"For the first 38 years of my life, I was overweight - now I'm six stone (38kg) [83 pounds] lighter," Tanya Hall, a Wegovy user who can't get off the drug, told the news organization. "Therefore, there's part of me that feels like there's an addiction to keep it going because it makes me feel the way that I feel, it makes me feel in control."
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Bad girls' is how society labels women in prison. But what if that label is a lie? | Sabrina Mahtani

Most incarcerated women are jailed for non-violent crimes rooted in poverty, abuse, mental illness, or drug dependence, with severe harm to their children and families.
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