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Sober Smartphone App Aids Boozers' Recovery: Study

Sober smartphone app aids boozers' recovery: Study
The sober app studied joins a host of others that serve as electronic shoulder angels, featuring a variety of options for trying to prevent alcoholics and drug addicts from relapsing. Adults released from in-patient alcoholism treatment centers who got …
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Bangor Area Law Enforcement Leaders Tell Business Group Drug Abuse Is Driving … – Bangor Daily News

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
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Hathaway, Brewer Police Chief Perry Antone and Penobscot County Sheriff Glenn Ross spoke about… Continue reading

Here's Why It's 'Counterproductive' to Put Juveniles on the Sex Offender Registry

Here's Why It's 'Counterproductive' To Put Juveniles On The Sex Offender Registry
“Suicide [among children placed on sex offender registries] is a possibility … even predictable,” David S. Prescott, a social worker and expert on treatment strategies for youth sex offenders, told HRW. Changes to the way adjudicated minors are… Continue reading

6 New Books We Can't Stop Talking About

6 New Books We Can't Stop Talking About
A real-life atrocity that gets us to look at issues bigger than ourselves, a love story set along the Coney Island boardwalk and other tales we couldn't stop talking about this month. … Moore, who published her remarkable debut, Self-Help, 29 years… Continue reading

Former Philly Health Dept. Employee Who Turned to Crime Gets Cut a Break at

Former Philly Health Dept. Employee Who Turned To Crime Gets Cut A Break At
But a former Philadelphia Health Department worker who turned to crime and used her position to help distribute a small amount of prescription medicine to sustain her drug habit, has gotten a break at sentencing.… Continue reading

War Against Prescription Drug Abuse May Have Fueled Heroin Use

War against prescription drug abuse may have fueled heroin use
Some in the field of drug addiction are saying the U.S. government’s fight against prescription drug abuse may be causing the rise in heroin use. The crack down on pill mills, and making prescription narcotics harder to access is fueling… Continue reading