Drug Addiction Rehabilitation Program for adolescents in Elora, Ontario – Portage – Residents and graduates of the Portage Elora program describe their struggles with substance abuse and their appreciation for the Portage drug addiction rehabilitation program in Ontario. Residents, staff, and Portage Ontario Board Members talk about how Portage helps Ontario youth seek Freedom from Addiction. Portage is a cross-Canada non-profit organisation that fosters the strengths and skills of substance dependent persons to enable them, through comprehensive and cost-effective interventions based on the therapeutic community approach, to live lives of sobriety, filled with dignity, self-respect, and accomplishment. www.portage.ca

 

L.A. drug summit: Heroin, painkiller abuse does not discriminate

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It's used by emergency rooms, but some communities are also distributing the drug to relatives of addicts. The goal is to educate families about signs of an overdose and give them tools to deal with it, Kerlikowske said. "You can't get someone into …
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RIVERSIDE COUNTY: Substance abuse prevention program receives recognition

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The Riverside County Department of Mental Health is announcing that one of its innovative substance abuse prevention programs has been recognized by the National Association of State Alcohol/Drug Abuse Directors for its pioneering work in preventing …
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Drug Addiction Motivates Crime In Whiteside County

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The prosecution plans to show drug addiction and lack of money to buy drugs as a motive for Sheley to murder Russell Reed, back in 2008. The Whiteside County Sheriff tells us there are approximately 120 inmates in county jail right now. Roughly 20 of …
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