'Addiction Was Part of Her Life'

Published November 20, 2012

'Addiction Was Part of Her Life'

Filed under: drug treatment news 2010

In 1974, when Donto James was 6, he went to visit his mother, R&B icon Etta James, in the Tarzana Psychiatric Hospital after she'd been sentenced to drug treatment instead of prison on a heroin charge. James hadn't seen his 36-year-old mother for …
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White Bear Township mom shares her story of addiction

Filed under: drug treatment news 2010

But DeGree, who is attending Metropolitan State University to become a licensed drug and alcohol counselor, said talking about addiction "in an honest way … helps to break the stigma of it." … But in 2009 and 2010, DeGree didn't look good. "I …
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