Oregon's success in treating addicts is a lesson for KentuckyPrescription for …
Members of recovery programs, graduates and supporters listen as Patty Katz discusses her battle during an event celebrating recovery in Pioneer Courthouse Square in Portland, Ore. … The Courier-Journal has been investigating the state's prescription …
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Wal-Mart presents grant to program for women recovering from addictions
The mission of Off the Streets Program, Inc is to give women the opportunity to recover from alcohol and drug addiction and prostitution in a safe and healthy environment. With the increase in alcohol and drug usage and prostitution in Gaston County …
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Naomi Watts: 'My brush with death'
In 21 Grams, for which she received an Oscar nomination, she was a recovering drug addict who returns to her former ways after her husband and children are killed in a road accident. Even when she does comedy – such as Woody Allen's You Will Meet a …
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Rich Archbold: If you look hard enough, you can find optimism
A severe drug and alcohol addict, Nancy had lost her will to live until she entered the Flossie Lewis Center, a safe haven in Downtown Long Beach with a substance abuse recovery program designed to help people like Nancy. The program worked for Nancy …
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