Retired Judge Steven O. Williams wins Ambassador Award
… alcohol counseling. Williams was the first to begin a Juvenile Drug Court in the state of Ohio in 1997 and in 2004, expanded that model to begin the Family Drug Court for parents with children involved with Child Protective Services. … Bob Taft's …
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Freshman senators to push new bill for benefits drug testing
“We take this from a compassionate perspective to say if children are in a home in which parents are addicted to drugs, the money's not really going to the children's benefit, anyway,” Carmichael said. “We want to help direct these people to counseling …
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Attentive Staten Island parents are key in youth drug–abuse battle
"The parents found it to be very powerful," Ms. Frey said. As for prescription drug abuse, she said, parents at the workshops shared advice on how to be vigilant. "I think a lot of them were taken aback by how prevalent it is on Staten Island," she said.
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