Rehabilitating Women in Crime and Drug Abuse

Published January 23, 2014

Rehabilitating Women in Crime and Drug Abuse –

The War Within: Portraits of Vietnam Veterans Fighting Heroin Addiction

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Here, on the heels of recent reports about the enormous difficulties (joblessness, horrific suicide rates and more) facing American veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, LIFE.com recalls that long-ago magazine article, and the all-too-familiar …
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Peer-to-peer drug abuse program aids inmates in Denver County Jail

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DENVER, Colo. — A substance abuse treatment program at the Denver County Jail has inmates holding each other accountable for their choices. Denver's county jail is among just a few in the country, and the only one in the state, to embrace the program, …
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Substance abuse far higher in mentally ill

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Smoking, drinking and drug use are significantly higher among those who have psychotic disorders than among those in the general population, says a new paper. Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the University of …
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