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Residents Pick Up Checks, Make Plans to Relocate

Residents pick up checks, make plans to relocate

Filed under: Virginia Beach Drug Use

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — Residents of a Virginia apartment complex whose homes were damaged or destroyed in the crash of a Navy jet last week have started picking up government checks to help them pay for food, clothing and housing over the next …
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Painkiller sales soar around US, fuel addiction

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What Does a Substance Abuse Evaluation Consist of for Marijuana?

Question by : What does a substance abuse evaluation consist of for marijuana?
I live in the state of Massachusetts and I am court ordered to take a substance abuse evaluation for marijuana. What does this process consist of?

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Answer by i’m the freshest
you will be asked the reason for the evaluation, as well as:

age you first used
length of time you used
amount typically used
how often you use each month / week / day:

alcohol, marijuana, other illegal drugs, prescription drugs, and OTC medications.

as well as any arrests or substance abuse treatment.

Lookin for Non-Profit Funding?

Question by Saretta c: Lookin for Non-Profit Funding?
A friend and I are looking to get her non-profit organinzation, The Hope and Help Crisis Center, up and running in Corinth, MS. She use to have it in Virginia Beach, but moved here a few years ago. The organization was established to help people who going through any sort of crisis such as: low on funds to pay the bills, just got out of prison and can’t find a job to start over, single moms trying to gain their independence from living off the government. We live in a town that seems to be full of people who have lost their drive. Too many young mothers, drug addiction, and just to many kids with no aspirations. Our concept is to be able to reach out and help the parents get their lives together so that the children have a better future and our town as a whole. If anyone knows of any grants or donors that might be interested in such a project please let me know. Any information would be GREATLY appreciated.
Let me note. All of the paperwork to be deemed tax exempt has been done. It has been an existing non-profit we have just changed the location.

West Virginia Lawyers and Social Workers: Legal for a Homeless Shelter to Put an Active Drug Addict in Charge?

Question by : West Virginia Lawyers and social workers: Legal for a homeless shelter to put an active drug addict in charge?
This sounds crazy, but it’s actually happening at the YW*A where I live… There are 2 areas that have residents: one is a domestic violence shelter, the other is a regular residents hall that is holding 19 residents, most (not me) who were put here for drug-related offenses.

Actor Ben Vereen to Speak at Drug Education Council Luncheon

Actor Ben Vereen to speak at Drug Education Council luncheon

Filed under: Virginia Drug Addiction

"Our overriding purpose is to raise awareness that there is prevention and treatment available, and a life of recovery has a lot to celebrate," said Virginia Guy, executive director of the Drug Education Council. "For every person who's addicted, …
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Time fit for the crime? County, state officials: Issues exist with prison

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Non-Users of Cannabis Will Play a Role in Its Success

Non-users of cannabis will play a role in its success

Filed under: Virginia Drug Addiction

Pat Robertson, center, talks to attendees at a prayer breakfast at the Capitol in Richmond, Va., Jan. 16, 2010. The religious broadcaster says marijuana should be legalized and treated like alcohol because the government's war on drugs has failed.
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Vets prone to drug addiction get risky painkillers

Filed under: Virginia Drug Addiction