Trust First Step in Connecting Street Community With Health Service

Trust first step in connecting street community with health service

Filed under: drug addiction news 2008

The centre will be one of two health 'hubs' where drug addicts will be able to not only pick up supplies, but have a conversation with an outreach worker about health-related services. Groups will be asked to submit bids on providing those services.
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Students and Video Game Addiction

Filed under: drug addiction news 2008

Because computer game-playing is legal, hidden away in dorm rooms, and doesn't result in obvious impairments like drug or alcohol addiction, the problem has stayed under the radar. However, many … Perhaps the former Federal Communications …
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Philly pays out millions to alleged police brutality victims

Filed under: drug addiction news 2008

Anthony Abrams, a psychologist researching drug addiction, was looking for a client on the streets of Kensington when Philadelphia Police Officer Eric Burke pulled up. It was the afternoon of March 8, 2010. “He said, 'What are you doing here?' I said …
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