Back From Slinging Drugs, He's Now Cleaning the Streets
Back from slinging drugs, he's now cleaning the streets
Filed under: drug addiction help for families
Gant and his volunteer crews were first responders at McPherson Square – the infamous Needle Park at F Street and Indiana – where dealers and addicts kept the five-acre green space dangerously littered with syringes. Gant kept doing cleanups until the …
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I-Team: E-Cigarettes, Used to Smoke Marijuana, Spark New Concerns
I-Team: E-Cigarettes, Used to Smoke Marijuana, Spark New Concerns
Filed under: signs of drug addiction
Marianne Chai, a Manhattan-based addiction psychologist, said e-cigarettes make it harder for parents to look for the old signs that their teens are using drugs. "If you're a parent looking out for your child, you're probably a little nervous about …
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How Can You Have Someone Committed to a Mental Institution?
Question by Haley J: How can you have someone committed to a mental institution?
My brother is 50 years old and a drug addict. He lives off my 67 year old mother. He has had heart attacks and strokes but continues to do drugs daily. How can I have him committed to a drug treatment center or better yet a mental health institution because he is mental and he has no control over his life or his addictions. I live in Ohio. Serious answers only please.
Seminar Stacks Body Bags to Show Toll of Substance Abuse in Westmoreland …
Seminar stacks body bags to show toll of substance abuse in Westmoreland …
Filed under: drug abuse treatment plan
Tuesday's session drew law enforcement officials, court personnel, medical professionals, school district representatives and members of mental health and drug treatment programs. All three Westmoreland County commissioners attended, pledging support …
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Parents Recount Son's Battle With Heroin Addiction
Parents recount son's battle with heroin addiction
Filed under: inpatient drug rehab centers
WAUSAU — On a sunny Saturday morning in March, Michael Dixon's family picked him up from the rehab facility he had entered six months earlier; they found a man filled with hope for a future free from the chains of heroin addiction. Less than 24 hours …
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Macaulay Culkin Living With Drug Addiction
Macaulay Culkin Living With Drug Addiction – According to a shocking new tabloid report, Macaulay Culkin is allegedly using a deadly mix of potent prescription drugs and desperately needs help. Accordin…
County gets federal grant to reduce drug addiction
Filed under: drug addiction