Care Kids' Higher Drug Risk

Care kids' higher drug risk

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Children in the care of local authorities are 25 times more likely to have a drug use problem than their peers. One in 20 children in Sussex looked after by council-organised foster parents, chil- dren's homes or boarding schools were identified as …
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In St. Petersburg, Melanie Bevan didn't skip a beat in rising to assistant …

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Women made up less than 12 percent of the staff in 1990, according to police statistics. They account for 16.5 percent of … In the early 2000s, Bevan started the agency's street crimes unit, a squad of officers that focuses on combating drug activity …
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'Tis the season for injuring ourselves

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New Year's injury statistics are, perhaps not surprisingly, much worse, though they have remained fairly stable compared with the rocketing Christmas numbers. "Loss of personal control" is … "We get many drug and alcohol-related injuries." Nair said …
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