RI Gov to Tour Addiction Recovery Center

Published January 8, 2013

RI gov to tour addiction recovery center

Filed under: drug abuse statistics 2010

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) Rhode Island's governor is touring the state's first addiction recovery community center to learn about efforts to fight drug dependence in the state. Gov. Lincoln … The center says it has had 125,000 visits since it opened in 2010. Read more on WSLS

Calif. serial killer gets prison for NYC slayings

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A prosecutor read a statement from Hover's sisters in which they wrote about her estranged brother's drug abuse and suicide, and their mother's struggles with alcohol and dementia. "Her senseless murder irreparably damaged our family," Charlotte … Read more on USA TODAY

Leading Stourbridge youth worker warns of mental health crisis

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"With regards to mental health so many are suffering due to not being able to find work or family problems, it's an epidemic." She added low self-esteem can push young people into a destructive cycle of drink and drug abuse that becomes a treadmill … Read more on Stourbridge News