Addiction & Veterans

Published May 9, 2013

Addiction & Veterans – http://veterans-aid.net Veterans Aid offers specialist help to ex-servicemen and women in crisis. Often their problems relate, or lead, to addiction. Alcohol…

Number of Sonoma County homeless families drops by 20 percent in count

Filed under: drug abuse help for veterans

9 percent of all homeless, or 400 people, are veterans, the same as two years ago. 86 percent of homeless veterans were "sheltered," up from 81 percent in 2011. The number chronically homeless increased from 22 percent to 27 percent. Also, 67 percent …
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The tragedy of PTSD: It afflicts vets and others, but help is available

Filed under: drug abuse help for veterans

He shows me around his neat apartment in one of three complexes run by U.S. Vets in Las Vegas. U.S. Vets is a national nonprofit that helps veterans beat drug and alcohol addiction, find jobs and housing. On one wall of his bedroom, Leonard keeps a …
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