A Journey Home: One Marine’s Story
A Journey Home: One Marine’s Story – Nearly one in five veterans suffer from substance abuse and PTSD. Veterans Healing Initiative, a nonprofit, is dedicated to providing veterans of all eras access to treatment for substance abuse and PTSD. The facts: 18 veterans commit suicide every day. On any given night, 300000 veterans are homeless and more than 76% of these vets suffer from substance abuse or a mental health disorder. As many as 35% of wounded troops are addicted to pain medication. Reserve and National Guard don’t have access to the full range of VA benefits. Vets from Iraq and Afghanistan face multiple deployments and shorter breaks between deployments–for these vets, the clock’s ticking. See one Marine’s journey home. Thousands more waiting for treatment. Help us help them at Veterans Healing Initiative, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization. To learn more or to donate, click www.vetshealing.org. Thank you.
Burke: Drug testing is big government intrusion on poor families
Filed under: drug abuse help for veterans
Florida's wasteful program was stopped by a judge after the ACLU of Florida sued on behalf of a Navy veteran and single father who applied for temporary assistance to support his 4-year-old son. U.S. District Court Judge Mary Scriven halted enforcement …
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A courtroom created to offer assistance for veterans
Filed under: drug abuse help for veterans
Judge Linda Bell presides over Veteran's Court in District Court. It is now a stand-alone courtroom that grew out of Drug Court. It's been operating on its own for about two months, focusing solely on Veterans with criminal charges to help them get …
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Program helps heal wounds of veterans
Filed under: drug abuse help for veterans
Sadly, he also sees the system allowing these problems to get to a punitive point before anything is done to help. It's not until a veteran is arrested for drug abuse or a child is taken away for neglect that the state recognizes the problem. Shad said …
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