Drug Prevention: Oregon Partnership – Meth Prevention

Published May 7, 2013

Drug Prevention: Oregon Partnership – Meth Prevention – The Methamphetamine Awareness Project (MAP) is an innovative drug prevention project to reduce, delay, and prevent teen methamphetamine use in targeted commu…

25 Ducks: Brandi Freeman helps people overcome addiction

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When people tell you you're going to be a drug addict or you're going to have problems forever, I think you really start to believe it.” When Freeman first began college as a freshman at Southern Oregon University, she developed an addiction to alcohol.
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Breaking the Addiction to Incarceration: Weekly Highlights (05/03/2013)

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Colorado is considering SB 250, which would make a number of revisions to drug-offense sentencing. Colorado's House passed a pretrial diversion program for adults (HB 1156) and a bill to reduce the punishment for theft (HB 1160); both bills are now …
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Beaverton man gets 4 years in prison for robbery attempt that led to friend's …

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Rhee has previously served prison time in Oregon and California. McKey said Rhee had been jailed on … Rhee told the judge that drug addiction and running out of money made him do things he didn't "really need to do." "I've found myself to be in the …
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Report: Oregon's suicide rate higher than nation's

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… most common means of suicide were firearms, 55 percent; poisoning, 20 percent, and hanging, 18 percent. The most frequent risk factors were mental health problems, alcohol and drug abuse, and depression. — The Associated Press. View/Post Comments …
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