Extension Agents Work to Prevent Substance Abuse Through Community …

Extension agents work to prevent substance abuse through community …

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“As many families realize, this problem of drug abuse and misuse does not discriminate.” Lucas is one of the many agents who … “We have made some strides as a community in our battle against drug abuse, but we still have a lot of work to do,” she …
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The Undeserving Poor

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Now, he's out of work again. He gets no unemployment benefits; he wasn't in his last gig long enough. He can't get Medicaid because he has no dependent children at home. Until October, his only help was $ 200 a month in food stamps. Because of a …
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Comment: The sex industry – what is to be done?

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Let's unionise those who work in it – i.e. prostitutes/sex workers.” There are several problems with this. … Nobody can tell me that these women, with their teeth smashed in, looking drawn from years of abuse and enforced drug addiction, are “free …
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