DC Mayor, Community 'Godfather' and White House Adviser Celebrate New …

DC Mayor, Community 'Godfather' and White House Adviser Celebrate New …

Filed under: drug abuse treatment statistics

Holloway, who is also a certified substance abuse counselor, has been featured in The Washington Post, The Washington Times, The New York Post, and Afro-American Newspapers. … House of Help City of Hope has a recidivism rate of 15-25% compared to the …
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A Forest of Poisonous Trees: The US Criminal (In)Justice System

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After decades of escalation beginning with Nixon's war on drugs, followed by the Reagan-era crack scare, Clinton's massive expansion of police on the street and this century's war on terror, the US criminal justice system has transformed into a tool of …
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ADHD diagnoses in US children rise 53% in the past decade, CDC data show

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“If we start treating children who do not have the disorder with stimulants, a certain percentage are going to have problems that are predictable — some of them are going to end up with abuse and dependence. And with all those pills around, how much …
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As many as two-thirds of the people in treatment for drug abuse reported being abused or neglected as children. http://t.co/bt67R1HuKH – by FoundationHoM (Foundation for a H?M)