Our Voice: Betty Ford, Hazelden Merger a Good Step

Our Voice: Betty Ford, Hazelden merger a good step

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The Hazelden Foundation began in a Minnesota farmhouse in 1949 and provides residential and outpatient treatment there and in Florida, Illinois, Oregon and New York. … However, only about 10 percent of addicts get help. That leaves … A. Thomas …
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Needle-exchange law finds easy support among state legislators

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Despite arguments from some GOP conservatives that the measure amounts to state endorsement of intravenous drug use, the chamber voted 72-23 to send the bill to the Senate. The bill would allow IV drug users to … “If this is such a good idea, let me …
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Paul Harding's novel 'Enon' works the same ground as his Pulitzer winner

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Clackamas County · Happy Valley · West Linn · Lake Oswego · Wilsonville · Milwaukie · Oregon City … He smashes his fist through a wall, breaking his hand; then he glides unresisting into addiction to the resulting pain pills. He knows as it's …
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Live updates: Michael Jackson jury explains why it sided with AEG

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The case, which delved into Jackson's drug use, his emotional state and his physical health, never strayed far from the central question of whether it was the singer himself who was to blame for his own demise by insisting on hiring the doctor who …
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