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CST: An effort to lift participants above addiction

Filed under: drug addiction stories

A hard, addicted past, she said, is giving way to clean living. There was no angling as she spoke with Judge Matthew Castano. The woman, with a scattered history of drug and alcohol offenses, is no longer trying to “play the system.” “I live a life now …
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Groundhog day: why the asylum problem is like the drug problem

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The asylum seeker, like the drug addict, is depicted as a piteous victim who must be locked up for their own good; the “trafficker” or “smuggler” is considered a villain against whom no action is too harsh. Policy settings in both cases depend on a …
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Couple offers homeless mothers stability at Amethyst Place

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She has no more than a high school education and brings home less than $ 10,000 a year. She's a recovering drug addict. Seventy percent have a dual diagnosis for a mental health problem. She has a heavy yoke. Amethyst is about redemption, Kim says. It's …
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YES Club mural takes a stand against drug use

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YES Club Mural: YES Club members paint anti-drug mural on the underpass at Hudson Avenue and Ohio 16 with local artist Susan Bierlien who has struggled with addiction in the past. … Talking to Bierlein gave the YES club members the chance to share …
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