Dick Beardsley: World Class Marathon Runner, Motivational Speaker, Addiction/Dependency Survivor
Dick Beardsley: World Class Marathon Runner, Motivational Speaker, Addiction/Dependency Survivor – For a brief moment in the early 1980’s, Dick Beardsley became the most famous runner/athlete in the world – by losing a race. During the 1982 Boston Marathon…
Inmate deaths across New York linked to medical company
Filed under: drug treatment programs in prison
Joaquin Rodriguez, a 60-year-old with mental and physical ailments, including diabetes, was booked into the Monroe County Jail on July 14, 2009, after his continued drug use resulted in his discharge from a drug court program. According to the review …
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Specialty court, specialized problems
Filed under: drug treatment programs in prison
Blair County, which began its Juvenile Drug Court in 2009, is one of 11 counties in the state that decided to detour from the traditional way of addressing teen drug problems. The others are Erie, Philadelphia, … The judge then sentences the teen to …
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