Drug, Alcohol and Mental Health Treatment
This Year, Even Santa Is Struggling With AddictionIt is a sad parable for our times - this holiday season even Santa is struggling with drug addiction. A New Jersey man who moonlights as Santa Claus for Toys for Tots was arrested on drug charges Monday. Charles Smith, 66, was pulled over by police for a traffic ... Read More
Community Park in Baltimore Shines Thanks to Efforts of Former Addicts 26ers Park in the Harwood Community was once infested with crime, but now it’s giving recovering drug addicts a sense of purpose. “The park was known as the park from hell, so no one wanted to visit it,” said Concerted Care Foundation director ... Read More
Drug-related deaths soar in FLAFlorida's medical examiners most recent report shows dramatic increases in all types of drug-related deaths, including a 97 percent increase in deaths caused by the synthetic opioid fentanyl. The report, released Wednesday, found that the total number of drug-related deaths in Florida ... Read More
Linked By A Common Crisis, Pittsburgh Neighborhoods Fight Back A string of small towns outside of Pittsburgh are stepping up in the face of an unprecedented number of overdoses. According to the Post-Gazzette, Carrick, Knoxville and Allentown have some of the highest raw numbers of fatal overdoses and most daunting ... Read More
Busy Weekend For Staten Island First RespondersStaten Island DA Micheal E. McMahon recently spoke out on Twitter about the growing opioid crisis that is rolling across Staten Island. "Over the weekend, 7 people on Staten Island suffered a drug overdose. Two of them have lost their lives. If you or someone you love ... Read More
Mother dies as a result of making contact with her son's drug paraphernalia Cambria County Coroner Jeff Lees said Theresa Plummer, 69, found her son, Ronald Plummer, 45, unresponsive in the bathroom Nov. 5. He was taken to Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center in Johnstown for a suspected overdose. Then in a ... Read More
Former NHL Star Shares His Battle With AddictionFormer NHL Star Kevin Stevens recently spoke at Brockton High School, not far from where he grew up - sharing the painful details about his battle with drug addiction. “You know how many times I sat in these seats and said, ‘There’s no way it can happen to me?’” he ... Read More
Small New Hampshire Town Battles Drug CrisisRaymond, NH is a picturesque small town just east of Manchester - but it has its share of big city problems. In a recent survey, officials at Raymond High School were heartened by a decline in the use of heroin among their students - dropping from 6% to 2% from the ... Read More
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