Getting Help for Alcohol and Drug abuse.AVI

Getting help for alcohol and drug abuse.AVI – This scene from WHAT GOES AROUND shows the effects drugs and alcohol can have on a family. Petrides students Trevor McGhie, Comfort Gwelekai, and Jonathan Br…

Mississippi drug courts growing but short on money

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Drug court provides the tools to help a person who wants to get off drugs, said Cotten, whose 8th Judicial District Circuit Court of Leake, Neshoba, Newton and Scott counties had 185 drug court program participants as of Oct. 1. It was the first felony …
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Some nurses continue to steal narcotics or practice while impaired under state …

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To avoid further board action, they have to prove they are sober and getting treatment. Yet records show that nurses have been able to keep practicing while abusing drugs or alcohol, raising questions about whether the program actually works. Nurses …
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Toronto mayor admits getting 'hammered,' deflects drug reports

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Among them, he said, was getting "hammered," and the mayor of Canada's largest city acknowledged that he had a drinking problem. But he did not discuss the substance of a video that is purported to show him smoking what appears to be a crack pipe while …
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Mental health and sport: The JK effect

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I took to alcohol and drugs to help manage my mental health and things got progressively worse. It just wiped me out, took everything away from me." The email listed his considerable achievements as a rugby player, which served as a stark counterpoint …
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