COMBAT Meeting Covers Drug Use Trends

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No single youngster can be the poster child for America’s foster care system, with its mix of happy endings and heartache. Yet Tatiana Fowler’s smile, as she embraces the woman who adopted her, gives a hint at the groundswell of change that is altering that mix for the better.

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Justice Nathalie Gregson agreed Friday with the Crown about the need to send a message about guns to people involved in the drug culture. The Ontario Court judge sentenced Darcy Lebel to two years in a federal penitentiary for possessing a restricted handgun. “That behaviour can’t be condoned,” […]

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COMBAT Meeting Covers Drug Use Trends
Members of the COMBAT team held a public forum Saturday in Kansas City’s northeast side to discuss the efforts to keep illegal drugs off the streets.

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