Ventura Shelter Rejects Man's Christmas Cash Giveaway

Published January 1, 2013

Ventura shelter rejects man's Christmas cash giveaway

Filed under: drug addiction help line

The Ventura County Star reports (http://bit.ly/WQidgF) Youngman had been bringing money-filled cards to the mission for about a decade. However, the shelter's new director, John Saltee, said the money can be tempting for the men who are recovering from …
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How Lines for Life helps out the addicted 24/7

Filed under: drug addiction help line

Lines for Life volunteer Lee Dakota helps substance abuse callers in Oregon by offering them options. … In Kentucky, the anti-drug organization Operation UNITE, in the Appalachian region of the state, operates a referral line that's narrower in scope.
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Former EastEnders star Daniella Westbrook returns to TV on Hollyoaks

Filed under: drug addiction help line

She confessed to the depths of her chronic cocaine habit on ITV1's The Jeremy Kyle Show two weeks' ago. The actress, who rotted the septum in her nose through drug abuse, told how she did a line of cocaine during Kai's birth 16 years ago. She finally …
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Drugs and violence in schools: Does the NRA have a point?

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So it's not surprising that National Rifle Association head Wayne LaPierre proposes the police as front-line defense against drug abuse and mentally ill students or adults bent on gun violence. Sort of a “DARE 2013” approach… BILL: The idea of …
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