Community Drug, Alcohol Awareness Event Planned

Community drug, alcohol awareness event planned

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At Drug and Alcohol Awareness Day, Reid and other recovered substance abusers will tell the stories of their descent into addiction, their climb back out and how recovery programs, friends, family and the community helped, “how much better their lives …
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Fallen basketball star rebounds from life of drug abuse

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Herren told a harrowing story of escalating drug use that saw him go from the high of living his dream as a starting point guard for the Boston Celtics to the low of public disgrace, multiple stints in rehab, incarceration, and nearly losing his family …
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Synthetic drugs' dangers made clear in new video

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But many who become addicted are introduced to the drug by doctors for legitimate medical reasons. But as time passes, the person finds that they no longer need the medicine to manage their pain, but "just to function." Another story is of a woman …
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3 recent mystery titles

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When he's reassigned to the eponymous “Bad Little Falls,” a remote town near the Canadian border where drug abuse, unemployment, poverty, violence, and poaching are rampant, his reputation for disregarding orders precedes him and it looks as if his …
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