Help for Parents of Troubled Kids
help for parents of troubled kids – Slide show demonstrating the hopes and dreams of young parents, the children turning to drugs, and the devastation their addiction leaves behind on the parents. All photos respectively came from creative commons licensing, off the flickr website.
St. Charles County sheriff says help needed in 'war' on heroin
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Jenny Armbruster of the National Council on Alcoholism & Drug Abuse was one of four speakers. Law enforcement alone can't curb an upswing in heroin use in St. Charles County and elsewhere in the St. Louis area, says St. Charles County Sheriff Tom Neer.
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Lessons from a child's death
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When Khalil was placed in foster care as a 1-year-old, his parents' plan for reunification with him was minimal, requiring only that they get clean drug screens, counseling, housing, and employment — a low threshold more appropriate for a merely …
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Mount Olive's drug abuse battling officer calls it a career
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DARE was created nationally because drug abuse was becoming more prevalent among younger people. Children were being influenced by older siblings who were getting involved in drugs and alcohol. Meanwhile, too often, parents were more casually smoking …
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