Mike Kessler Prison: The New Mental Hospital
Mike Kessler Prison: The New Mental Hospital
Patrick Kennedy, who has been treated repeatedly for drug and alcohol addiction and is now in recovery, is an advocate for improving mental health care and policy through his Kennedy Forum, which aims to “remove the stigma surrounding mental illness …
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National Drug Facts Week: Do You Have Something to Say? Teens Do.
National Drug Facts Week: Do You Have Something to Say? Teens Do. — Promotional Video: Youth from Montgomery County, Maryland’s TEENWORKS summer program, Howard County Recreation & Parks Voices for Change students and HC Drug…
Justin Bieber's arrest is an object lesson for local teens: As I See It… Continue reading
I Need Some Story Ideas for a Horror or Addiction?
Question by Kara: I need some story ideas for a horror or addiction?
I writing a book about a girl that loses everything she owns and herself she becomes addicted to herion and her life changes. I’m stomped on how to run this story. How to add romance. I’m not… Continue reading
Community Unites to Prevent Suicide
Community unites to prevent suicide
Since 2007, Colman-Herak and her husband have trained between 1,300 and 1,400 people about suicide prevention through the tribes' ASIST program, a two-day intensive session meant to recognize the signs of fatal self-harm and prevent them. The tribes …
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Lethal Injection: Cruel and Wrong
Lethal Injection: Cruel and Wrong
For decades supporters of the death penalty in America have embraced lethal injection not just as an evolutionary plateau in the method of capital punishment but as a convenient solution to a problem that is both legal and moral. … “McGuire struggled …
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Governor Candidate Presents Plan for Empty Prisons
Governor Candidate Presents Plan for Empty Prisons
It was an asset of the people of Illinois, and had no value coming back to the taxpayers." Rutherford said Sheridan was later converted into a drug rehab center–an example of something he would have liked to see sooner. Rutherford faces Bruce Rauner… Continue reading
Obamacare Faces New Test on New Year's Day as Thousands Begin to Use …
Obamacare Faces New Test On New Year's Day As Thousands Begin To Use …
"When folks visit their doctor or take a child to get necessary treatment (this) week, will the services actually be available? The consequences of the administration's incompetence could not be greater," Upton said. Some Democrats, including… Continue reading
In US, an Epidemic of Prescription Drug Abuse
In US, an Epidemic of Prescription Drug Abuse — http://www.youtube.com/user/CarolynPresutti?sub_confirmation=1 http://learnenglishworld.com.
State targets prescription drug abuse
The prescription drug abuse prevention plan asks that the governor's office coordinate a statewide media campaign. There also will be the development of a standardized study plan for medical students to learn about best… Continue reading
Minority Men Are Given Fewer Opportunities for Drug Treatment Instead of Jail …
Minority Men Are Given Fewer Opportunities For Drug Treatment Instead Of Jail …
In California's court system, black men are significantly less likely than white men to be offered treatment instead of prison time when arrested for drug-related offenses, according to a study in the American Journal of Public Health.… Continue reading
Women Recovering From Addiction-Sacred Heart Rehabilitation Center Women Specialty
Women Recovering from Addiction-Sacred Heart Rehabilitation Center Women Specialty — Features the women and children of Sacred Heart Rehabilitation Center’s Clearview, a women’s specialty addiction treatment facility. They tell their story ab…
Applied Engineering scores grant for wastewater tech
Applied Engineering Technologies has scored a $ 38,000 grant from the… Continue reading