Travis & Mandy Part 2: Down a Winding Path of Addiction

Travis & Mandy Part 2: Down a winding path of addiction

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The long train ride north, to a treatment center near Everett, was uncomfortable as she tottered from the drugs. By the time she arrived, she knew she wouldn't stay. "I got there and nothing was going right," she said. "I didn't want to be there and …
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Reflections After Fruitvale Station : Part III

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It was so high that Dunbar had a daycare center. Workers were … up the 80?s crack culture. The Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986 created deep racial lines, loss in respect for law enforcement, victims from the top to the bottom blaming everyone but …
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Ceremonial Signing For Drug Abuse Bill

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Robert Bentley will hold a ceremonial signing of bills aimed at reducing the abuse of prescription drugs. … According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Alabama has one of the highest rates of prescription painkillers sold per 10,000 …
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Colleges Help Ithaca Thrive in a Region of Struggles

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His father struggled with drug abuse, and his mother raised him and his three siblings on minimum-wage jobs, with help from his grandparents. Mr. Myrick, whose mother is white and whose father is African-American, said he vividly remembers reading …
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