The Nation's Shame: The Injustice of Mandatory Minimums
By linking punishment to drug weight, mandatory minimums often distort culpability; consider that a hired hand unloading contraband from the back of a truck may handle more drugs than the cartel leader who arranged the shipment. Forty percent of drug … Read more on RollingStone.com
Home News The struggle to get in – and out – of treatment…
This is the third of a five-part series in which we follow the life of a young Muskoka woman through a spiral of drug addiction, trauma and recovery. To see the past installments which chronicle Taylor's early drug use in Grade 7 through to facing … Read more on www.muskokaregion.com/?
Drug rehab, recovery advocates not losing hope
Studies show nearly 75 percent of drug addicts relapse. The Libertas Treatment Center, based in Green Bay, works with 500 to 700 adults a year on substance and drug abuse issues. “Relapse is simply the symptom that the recovering person still needs … Read more on Fox11online.com
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