Sand Point Aims to Move Beyond Banishing Drug Dealers to Curb Rampant Drug … – Alaska Dispatch

Sand Point aims to move beyond banishing drug dealers to curb rampant drug … – Alaska Dispatch


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Sand Point aims to move beyond banishing drug dealers to curb rampant drug
Alaska Dispatch
Heroin and meth have plagued Sand Point for about five years, residents say, and the volatile scene at the airport acted as a catalyst for locals to step up and try to stomp out substance abuse. Enter Reclaim Alaska, a nonprofit startup with the goal

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Cliffside Park parents meet with school chief over teacher drug-use case – NorthJersey.com

Cliffside Park parents meet with school chief over teacher druguse case
NorthJersey.com
CLIFFSIDE PARK — Parents continued their call for random drug testing of school employees after meeting with district administrators Thursday to discuss the recent arrest of one teacher on drug charges and the suspension and leave of absence of two

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Bangor area law enforcement leaders tell business group drug abuse is driving … – Bangor Daily News


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Bangor area law enforcement leaders tell business group drug abuse is driving
Bangor Daily News
BANGOR, Maine — Police Chief Mark Hathaway told Bangor Region Chamber of Commerce members that he knows many of the people committing crimes in the city are using and abusing drugs, but he wanted data to back up his theory. Three months ago …

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Grant to study youth drug abuse – The Point Reyes Light


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Grant to study youth drug abuse
The Point Reyes Light
The San Geronimo Valley Community Center was awarded a $ 5,000 grant from the county's Health and Human Services Department earlier this month to develop a two-year plan for combating substance abuse among West Marin youth. The exploratory …

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Substance Abuse Counselor Who Drove 2 Miles With Dying Man On Windshield
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A substance-abuse counselor who drove 2 miles through a Los Angeles suburb with a dying man on her windshield faces a maximum prison term of 45 years to life at her sentencing scheduled for Wednesday. A jury last month found …
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Marin parents who lost children to prescription drug abuse join new task force
Three members of Marin County's new Prescription Drug Abuse Task Force know all too well how deadly the seemingly innocent bottles in the medicine chest can be. Britt Rosenmayr's son Jason, overdosed on heroin on Sept. 18, 2010, two days before his …
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Forum tonight focuses on drug abuse and bullying in Long Valley
An anti bullying specialist and a student substance abuse specialist, Cartier said she will address signs of student substance abuse, experimentation and related behavioral issues and trends. Much of the discussion will be an exposé for many parents …
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