Army enhancing drug testing for soldiers – It is an addiction that can affect anyone at anytime. Over the past decade, prescription drug abuse and addiction has taken its toll on celebrities, athletes, and average Americans. In light of the statistics, the US army is now stepping up their efforts to protect soldiers.

 

Correctional Center has new warden

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The substance abuse treatment facility, which is also housed at the facility, has 30 beds. Those residing at the … At the Salvation Army, inmates helped prepare and serve Thanksgiving dinner and assisted with Christmas and Angel Tree projects. To …
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Court Report Feb. 2, 2013

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Brandi Marie Priest, born 1977, of Harbor, was granted a conditional release; she faces felony charges of possession of a controlled substance. Matthew Blake … Kyle Ray Nicholson, born 1988, of Port Orford, pleaded guilty to second-degree animal …
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Units specialize in promoting health

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To make help more accessible, commanders are using their community health promotion councils, or CHPCs, to ensure that installation services are "integrated and synchronized," in the words of Kym Ocasio, program manager for U.S. Army Public Health …
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Cold weather likely drove homeless count down

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Officials say a large number of the “unsheltered” homeless are single men who struggle with mental illness and substance abuse. (Page 3 of 3). But the addition of new housing programs for the mentally ill, and a big boost in federal funding to help …
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