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Tennessee Couple Rented Out Daughters for Porn Videos: Police

Tennessee Couple Rented Out Daughters For Porn Videos: Police
Michelle Windgassen, 27, and John Lewis, 32, were arrested on charges of endangering a minor while they were under the influence of drugs at a Louisville restaurant. Officers found Windgassen in the bathroom snorting heroin, and Lewis admitted snorting …
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Walk for Hunger

Walk For Hunger
•Irish American Society Social Gatherings every Monday at the Irish American Center, 297 Willis Ave., Mineola, from noon to 3 p.m. In the tradition and mission of the Irish American Society, we are here to make all welcome and be part of the local …
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Mission Infection: Anacor, UC Berkeley Team Up Against Bacterial WMDs

Mission infection: Anacor, UC Berkeley team up against bacterial WMDs
The award comes at a time when drug makers and the Food and Drug Administration try to step up the approval process for antibiotics and as medical centers, doctors and farmers try to reduce their use of antibiotics in patients… Continue reading

Number of Babies Born With Drug Addiction Rising

Number of babies born with drug addiction rising
long-term effects of babies born with a drug addiction because of an addicted mother. Adams said the drug addition problem in the county has resulted in more unintended overdoses and increased visits to the emergency room, resulting in higher costs to …… Continue reading

SFUSD Launches Program to Help Students Struggling With Drug Addiction

SFUSD launches program to help students struggling with drug addiction
San Francisco’s Civic Center Secondary School Tuesday afternoon held an open house to address an illness many young people have trouble opening up about: drug addiction … substance abuse treatment in a school setting. “They’ll come to us during the… Continue reading

Somali-American Leader: 'I Tried to Warn America' About Homegrown Radicalization

Somali-American leader: 'I tried to warn America' about homegrown radicalization
They treat us like we are animals who don't speak English.” “CAIR boasts that it's a Somali organization,” says Bihi. “They can't find a Somali to work with them.” Tags: Council on American-Islamic Relations, Islamic terrorism, Kenya, Somalia · Next… Continue reading

On Eve of UN Goal-Setting, AIDS Agency Claims Big Progress

On Eve Of UN Goal-Setting, AIDS Agency Claims Big Progress
Further expansion of HIV treatment is hindered by more than just funding limits. UNAIDS says persistent problems such as punitive laws, discrimination against people with HIV and users of addictive drugs, and gender inequality are obstacles against …
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Punk-Rock FIDLAR Is Making Waves While Living on the Edge

Punk-rock FIDLAR is making waves while living on the edge

Filed under: Drug Rehabs Hawaii

I grew up in the surf world, on the North Shore of Hawaii, which is the most surf-centered area in the world, pretty much. And I was like Spicoli back in the day — tie-dyed… Continue reading

Mountainside Treatment Center Welcomes Maureen O'Neill Biggs to Helm

Mountainside Treatment Center Welcomes Maureen O'Neill Biggs to Helm

Filed under: drug rehab treatments

Ms. O'Neill Biggs will oversee Mountainside's existing residential rehabilitation programs as well as play an instrumental role in developing and directing the new treatment offerings on the horizon. Per Mountainside's commitment to raise the standard… Continue reading

Assembly Committee Advances Brown's Inmate Relocation Plan

Assembly Committee Advances Brown's Inmate Relocation Plan

Filed under: drug treatment programs in california

The plan received support from some state lawmakers — including Assembly Speaker John Pérez (D-Los Angeles) — as well as district attorneys, police chiefs, county sheriffs, prison guards and other groups (California Healthline, 8/29). The measure… Continue reading