Open Road Charity Works With Drug Addicts in Essex

Open Road charity works with drug addicts in Essex

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Based in Colchester, but with services across the county, the charity offers treatment and intervention for people suffering from drug addiction. Service manager for mid-Essex, Clive Emmett, said: "Chelmsford is no worse than other main towns in the …
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Substance Abuse Fuels Incarceration

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“This high rate of incarceration has resulted in more African American males involved with the criminal justice system than with educational services,” the report stated. When arrest records and visits to jail … “According to the California Drug and …
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War on drugs has been lost, say experts

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The alliance spoke to drug treatment centres, the police and paramedics to get a picture of drug abuse in the country. “It showed us as a nation under siege. The reality is that everyone seemed to be saying the war against drugs was lost, that South …
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Admitted burglar gets 'last chance' before jail

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In exchange, the 22-year-old is getting what all involved are calling an unusual and "extraordinary" opportunity to address his substance-abuse problems before being sentenced for those crimes. "I do trust him that he can make it this time," McAllister …
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