...  Garrigus overcomes addiction, revels in golf career Filed under: Portland Drug Treatment His journey to San Francisco included a long detour through drug and alcohol addiction — an eight-year stretch in which he spent more time smoking marijuana than hitting towering shots on the range. Now, as Garrigus crisscrosses the country playing on … Read more on StandardNet  Data suggests drug treatment can lower US crime Filed under: Portland Drug Treatment US officials held up the data as evidence to support President Barack Obama's strategy aimed at breaking the cycle of drugs and crime by attacking substance abuse with treatment rather than jail for nonviolent offenders. "Tackling the drug issue could ...