Gambling not only impacts adults, but kids too
Help is available for gambling addictions through a residential treatment center, CORE, in Shreveport. Unlike most inpatient alcohol- or drug-treatment centers, CORE comes at no charge to Louisiana residents. The gift of a new, addiction-free life is …
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Check or raise?: The house always wins
No one's really sure where poker originated, with some claiming it started in Louisiana and then spread to the Mississipi riverboats. Here in Pakistan it was … A few were even hooked on drugs, and poker enabled them to buy these without having to …
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Pascagoula children gather to pray for CT victims
Dwight Travis Ambo, 22, of Pearl River, Louisiana, and Precious Jolisa Thompson, 23, of Slidell checked into the Biloxi hotel Thursday night. Both are suspects in the … "Alcohol abuse will claim them. Drug abuse will claim them. It's the world we …
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Louisiana cuts health care, Medicaid and hospice programs to rebalance budget
Overall, the Department of Health and Hospitals faces a $ 21 million cut after money from a lawsuit the state settled with drug companies is redirected into the department. The elimination of hospice programs for Medicaid patients who are not in nursing …
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