Overdose death pulls community together
Pinckney — The Pinckney Coalition, a substance abuse prevention group, held a meeting Wednesday that drew about 400 in the wake of last month’s heroin overdose death of a high school graduate and 9 deaths in the area since 2007.
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Luzerne County DA opposed to medical marijuana
WILKES-BARRE – Luzerne County District Attorney Jackie Musto Carroll on Wednesday announced her opposition to legalizing medical marijuana at a press conference organized by opponents of two bills in the state Legislature. “I believe the legislation an
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Good deal
“If it weren’t for drug court, I’d probably be dead,” says Rebecca Robinson, reflecting on an eight-year addiction to painkillers that eventually landed her in Buncombe County’s Adult Treatment Court. On the way to drug-court graduation : Rebecca Robinson says the program saved her life. Photo by Jonathan Welch An Asheville native, Robinson says she first started taking pharmaceuticals to deal …
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