Middleboro Divided Over Drug Rehabilitation Facility
Middleboro divided over drug rehabilitation facility
A town board has kept alive, at least from the present, the bid of High Point Treatment Center to open a a 72-bed mental health and drug rehabilitation facility in the downtown. The Zoning Board of Appeals had heard two hours of testimony at… Continue reading
Wonkbook: 50 Years After March on Washington, What Do We Have to Show for It?
Wonkbook: 50 years after March on Washington, what do we have to show for it?
“[I]n a speech Wednesday commemorating the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, Obama returned to those rhetorical roots — tying the fight for equal treatment of African Americans to fights for equal recognition… Continue reading
Plaintiffs' Attorneys in Prison Case Support Senate Democrats' Plan
Plaintiffs' attorneys in prison case support Senate Democrats' plan
Attorneys for the plaintiffs in the prison overcrowding lawsuits said Wednesday they support a proposal by state Senate Democrats to increase spending on rehabilitation, drug and mental health treatment programs instead of expanding prison cells … Read more on Los Angeles… Continue reading
Why Do People Think Theres a Difference Betweed Tobacco, Alcohol and Other Drugs?
Question by Henry: Why do people think theres a difference betweed tobacco, alcohol and other drugs?
I mean studies have shown that alcohol and tobacco are the most dangerous of drugs and have the addiction potential beyond that of cocaine, heroin and meth. Alcohol is as much of a drug… Continue reading
Florida Deaths Raise Questions About Child Welfare System
Florida Deaths Raise Questions About Child Welfare System
And because there is so little interest in removing them and because there's virtually no ability within the system to intervene meaningfully, we give out brochures for domestic violence shelters, for drug treatment centers, for mental health care, and … Read more… Continue reading