The Jasper City Council considered an appeal on Tuesday of Walker County Outreach's request to open a facility for recovering addicts on 19th Street. After an hour-long public hearing, council members decided to table the issue until the board's Dec ...
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Alexis lay on the edge of her bed, staring vacantly at the floor, not wanting to get up. It had been three days since she last took Adderall, two days since she had even left her bedroom. She was trying for the fourth time to quit the prescription ...
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THE husband of troubled British soul singer Amy Winehouse has lost his appeal against a jail sentence for a vicious attack on a pub landlord. Blake Fielder-Civil's challenge against his 27-month term was rejected by two judges at the Court of Appeal ...
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Zurich, Switzerland, the Platzspitz, a park in the centre of the city, where drug addicts and dealers were tolerated, which was closed in 1992. Switzerland's heroin-assisted treatment program (HAT), launched in 1994, doles out pure, industrially ...
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With its yogis, “surfer crossing” street signs and New Age shops, Encinitas draws dreamers who want to try something new – just as long as it doesn't upset the neighbors. CHARLIE NEUMAN / Union-Tribune Finished in March 2006, Suzy Brown's 16 ...
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F rom July through September 2006, roughly 30 percent of clients successfully completed state alcohol treatment programs. For the three months ending Sept. 30, this figure had climbed to 63 percent. This is clear improvement, but clearly, it's also ...
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The people in the house all have troubled pasts. Their histories include run-ins with the law, and problems with cocaine, alcohol, painkillers and more. Moe Ammar, president of Pacific Grove's Chamber of Commerce, has strong feelings about these ...
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