Teenagers Work Together to Fight Substance Abuse in Schools

Teenagers Work Together to Fight Substance Abuse in Schools

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(WSAZ) — Cabell County teenagers are working together to figure out a solution to the prescription drug abuse that has found its way into local schools. 150 students from five middle schools and two high schools attended the Third Annual Cabell County …
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Lawmakers extend dating violence protections, expungement for some drug

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The legislation is intended to help people who have served jail or prison time and completed probation for their offenses, are recovering from addiction and have paid their fines and restitution. When drug convictions linger on their records preventing …
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Cournoyer: 'It hurts my heart to know that I failed them'

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Defense lawyer Scott Swier said the “minor child on minor child” assault that left Lovell dead was the result of “a perfect storm” of drug addiction and neglect in the house. Swier said the boy had placed Lovell in a closet after the incident, and that …
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Detroit Pastor: God Saved Me From Being a Homeless, Heroin-Addicted Alcoholic

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He tried many other drugs, leading to homelessness before God radically changed his life. Born and raised on the west side of Detroit, Mich., in an African-American neighborhood, he and his family of 6 siblings and his mother and father were one of the …
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