Squad Formed to Fight Drug Abuse
Squad formed to fight drug abuse
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AIZAWL, Nov 6 – A squad has been floated by teachers to check drug abuse and illicit sexual relationships by students in Serchhip town of Mizoram. The squad was set up recently by the Serchhip Teachers' Association (STA), Mizoram. The squad members …
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Clearlake drug counselor provides hope to others after own addiction battle
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CLEARLAKE — Drug and alcohol counselor Pearlina Drummond traveled an arduous road in order to put herself in position to celebrate six years clean and sober last Sunday. The 30-year-old from Clearlake is now a proud mother working in the field she …
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Drunk drivers use new 'addicts court'
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… become the first offender to qualify for the country's new "addicts court". The man, who has been caught drunk behind the wheel nine times, was accepted into the programme at the inaugural sitting of the Alcohol and Other Drug Court in Waitakere …
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Alarm raised about drug addiction's toll on Cape
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The problem is so widespread, police no longer bother asking a suspect's drug of choice when they get arrested. "Now we start the conversation, 'We know you are addicted to opiates,'" Doble said. "'You are like hundreds of kids with that addiction in …
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