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Litchfield High School drug, alcohol survey sacked
LITCHFIELD — School officials have pulled the plug on an anonymous and optional survey that was designed to provide information about the level of drug and alcohol abuse among students at Litchfield High School. The Profiles of Student Life survey …
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Notes: MLB Instant Replay Makes Spring Debut
Notes: MLB instant replay makes spring debut
MLB used the expanded replay system at three games on Monday, two of them in Arizona. There was one challenge in those games, and the umpire's call was upheld. Each team will get at least five games in spring training to test the system. Singleton gets …
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Local Column: Shields' trial lays bare Kingman's meth culture
He is a murderer. A thief. A drug dealer, and an extraordinarily prolific liar. And he's a rat. He is, in short, … There are a lot of meth dealers in the Kingman area and all of them, without exception, are linked in some manner to Mexican drug …
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The Hard Lives — and High Suicide Rate — of Native American Children on …
The hard lives — and high suicide rate — of Native American children on …
A toxic collection of pathologies — poverty, unemployment, domestic violence, sexual assault, alcoholism and drug addiction — has seeped into the lives of young people among the nation's 566 tribes. Reversing their crushing hopelessness, Indian …
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Lawmaker fights teen conversion therapy
“[My therapist] told me at a young age that everyone who was gay was unhappy and addicted to drugs, alcohol and random sex. It's hard not to hate yourself and to feel like your life maybe isn't worth living.” Keefe acknowledged conversion therapy can …
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More Marijuana Means Less Cocaine Consumption?
More Marijuana Means Less Cocaine Consumption?
Exaggerated health claims are not convincing the public, and "medical" marijuana has become something of a running cultural joke, but there is an upside to more pot – less cocaine use. Meth too, according to advocates at the RAND Drug Policy Research …
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Teens' brains make them more vulnerable to suicide
But these days, researchers are beginning to understand exactly why a teenager's brain is so tempestuous, and what biological factors may make teens' brains vulnerable to mood disorders, substance abuse, and suicide. Continue reading below. Suicide is …
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The Struggle to Find Jobs After Jail
The struggle to find jobs after jail
“I don't know how to do that (hold down a job) because I chose to sell drugs instead.” She's worked as a barista before, but it didn't … The job center provides a vocational counselor to help “build them up,” to encourage them to consider careers …
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Former 17 year marijuana addict urges other states to say No to recreational pot
They also might have struggled or struggle with the drug that pot promoters say is 'not addictive.' Funny, even the Office of Drug Control Policy informs us that there are over 1.7 million people who are currently in some sort of marijuana addiction …
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Private Drug Rehab for Women
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No help for the helpless
I tried once again to access the public mental health system – I've never had the $ 150 per hour, per week needed for private treatment. I ended up only being able to see a doctor, who have me new medication and I've been on that for about three years.
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