In a Sobering Effort to Count Our Homeless, This Man Knows Where to Look

In a sobering effort to count our homeless, this man knows where to look

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The hard drinking in his 20s while working as a cook and a waiter at the old Desert Inn and then the New Frontier, both long ago imploded, led to voracious need and physical addiction and the loss of friends and family. Once, he called his father, a …
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Suspect in death of CHOP doctor described as helpful family man

Filed under: alcohol and drug treatment centers

Speaking on condition that they not be identified, police investigators said Smith's statement, in which he said he "just snapped," included an admission that he was addicted to prescription painkillers and had a history of drug and alcohol abuse. On …
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Guest columnists: More blankets won't solve homelessness

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If she hadn't been placed there when the temperature dropped, her breathing would have become so distressed that paramedics would have been called and she would have ended up in hospital for treatment – a situation that has happened many times before …
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