Lyons: Drug Courts Offer Sober Approach to Drug Abuse

Published May 18, 2013

Lyons: Drug courts offer sober approach to drug abuse

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Drug addiction is a major societal problem with an annual treatment cost of $ 193 billion each year in crime, lost productivity and health-care costs, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Whether illicit drugs were illegal or not …
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Counties worry about cost of sentencing overhaul

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The Times in Munster reports that the Probation Officers' Professional Association of Indiana predicts as many as 800 more probation officers will be needed statewide under the changes, which are scheduled to take effect July 1, 2014. That's causing …
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Healing sister: Nun helps women, children cope with effects of war in Sierra Leone

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The sisters also help former soldiers find a new life away from the theft, vandalism and drug addiction that is so common, and counsel those traumatized from the violence of rape and having watched family members being decapitated and other atrocities …
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Support groups are ready to help those with various needs

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BRISTOL ENABLING ALLIANCE: Bristol, Va., People Inc. building, conference room, 800 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.; for individuals with disabilities, their families and friends; Appalachian Independence Ctr., 276-591-1433. BRISTOL …. N-FUZE …
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