Coroner: Lexington woman died from cocaine, heroin overdose

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Palmer, who had three small children, had battled drug addiction. She had been in a treatment center at least twice, her mother, Beni Sue Parsons, said Friday. Talking about her daughter's drug problem publicly "is something we are willing to do to …
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Sobriety's High Price

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Experts say there's no evidence to prove that round-the-clock sober companionship or expensive dossiers help people recover from alcoholism or drug addiction any better than AA sponsors and regular drug testing do. “We create a mirror we can hold up to …
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Reformed drug addict returns to Phillipsburg to sing praises of recovery program

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Freedom House, a long-term residential drug and alcohol treatment center in Glen Gardner, helps chronic addicts who are at a high risk of relapsing without 24-hour support, said Galindo King, the facility's clinical director. Residents must work their …
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