Lorde Still Uses Public Transport

Lorde still uses public transport

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The troubled star flew out of Miami on Friday night (01.24.14) after refusing to board a private plane that had been organised to take him back to Los Angeles so he could enter rehab after he was released from jail on Thursday. His security team were …
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Boston Police Carry Special Drug to Reverse Heroin Overdose

Boston police carry special drug to reverse heroin overdose

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The toughest problem, Glynn says, was persuading drug users, their friends and family that they wouldn't get arrested if they call 911 to get help for an overdose. Massachusetts and most other states have Good Samaritan laws that protect people in …
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Proposed Closure of Inpatient Unit at Taunton State Hospital Reflects

Proposed closure of inpatient unit at Taunton State Hospital reflects

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Additionally, High Point Treatment Center will open a 40-bed drug treatment unit on the campus early this year, Clifford said. The vendor-operated program is being coordinated and funded through a division of the state Department of Public Health. In …
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Housing a Must to Help Women Battling Opiate Addiction, Advocates Say

Housing a must to help women battling opiate addiction, advocates say

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After spending the past three months of her most recent pregnancy homeless, Bean was admitted a week before she delivered to Lund Family Center, a mental health and substance abuse treatment center for mothers in Burlington. Women battling drug …
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OUR OPINION: Murray Explores a Better Drug Treatment System

OUR OPINION: Murray explores a better drug treatment system

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State Senate President Therese Murray of Plymouth responded this month to the heroin crisis on the South Shore and across the state by creating a special Senate committee to study addiction and treatment. The problems are already well-known. Treatment …
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Federal Anti-Crime Programs Fare Well in the New Spending Agreement. That's a

Federal anti-crime programs fare well in the new spending agreement. That's a

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The aforementioned Byrne-JAG grant program funds the creation and maintenance of multi-jurisidictional anti-drug task forces, the often unaccountable police units that have given us debacles like the mass (and wrongful) arrests of sizable portions of …
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