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Outside Sect, Life is Tough

Free from polygamous compounds, escaped women often turn to drugs and alcohol

By Harry Kimball,  Newser Staff

Posted Apr 17, 2008 6:00 PM CDT

(Newser) – Even for those women who escape the forced marriages and controlling patriarchy of polygamous sects like the Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints, life isn’t easy. Many turn to drugs and alcohol to escape the mental burden, CNN reports. And some never leave because...   Read full story »

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