Mentally Ill, and Excluded at the Border

Filed under: Portland Drug Treatment

The federal statute allows entry visas to be denied to people with mental illness just the same as we deny entry to drug smugglers and terrorists. … This misguided border policy punishes people who have recognized a problem and received treatment.
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Mental patients bused – and crime followed

Filed under: Portland Drug Treatment

A check of passenger names against criminal databases found dozens of apparent matches across the state and nation for arrests involving murder, attempted murder, assault, sex crimes, drug crimes, theft, vagrancy, vandalism and other violations in the …
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Lifesaving Flu Drugs Fall in Use in Children

Filed under: Portland Drug Treatment

Since 2009, the year of the H1N1 flu pandemic, the C.D.C. has recommended prompt treatment with antiviral drugs for all hospitalized patients with suspected or confirmed influenza. The directive includes children, especially those who have conditions …
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