Student Leaders Meet in City for Anti–Drug Abuse Advocacy

Student leaders meet in city for anti–drug abuse advocacy

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The seminar also included the country's situation and statistics on the drug menace, government efforts in addressing the problem, salient provisions of the Comprehensive Anti-illegal Drugs Law, ill effects of drug abuse and current drug abuse …
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Violent sex predators locked away, but not in prison

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Bradley is among 192 patients at the Sex Offender Rehabilitation and Treatment Services, or SORTS, program. Most live here in Farmington on a red brick campus hemmed in by double fences …. One employee was fired for sexual abuse of a resident, while …
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America, It's Time For An Intervention: Drug Overdoses Are Killing More People …

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Those shocking statistics have led policy makers at both the federal and state levels to refocus their efforts on addressing this abuse. The severity of the overdose issue has not been lost on … harm reduction manager for the Drug Policy Alliance …
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Nonviolent drug offenders need treatment, probation programs

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It costs Texans roughly $ 18,000 a year to incarcerate a person for possession, while it only costs $ 2,500 a year to put someone through a drug treatment/probation program. … Not only will they offend again, statistics show they will move on to …
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