A Halfway House Built on Exaggerated Claims

A Halfway House Built on Exaggerated Claims

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The Brooklyn facility is supposed to be a pillar in an expanding system of federal halfway houses, which are intended to help inmates after they are released from federal prison by arranging for counseling, drug treatment and jobs. But the contract has …
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Students told prescription drug abuse has no good outcome

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"If statistics play out, one in five kids in this assembly are using prescription drugs," he said. Conway said Kentucky … "She took drugs to mask her pain," Shay said. "Drug abuse isn't discriminatory … It doesn't care about race, gender, age or …
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Cobb gets .5 million Federal grant to fight HIV and AIDS among blacks

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The five-year grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, a branch of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, will provide HIV and Hepatitis B and C testing to black heterosexual adults in Cobb, Douglas and …
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