Oregon Audit Says Treat Addicted Offenders

Oregon audit says treat addicted offenders

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Secretary of State auditors estimate if all high-risk criminal offenders in Oregon received drug treatment, state programs and crime victims would have saved nearly $ 22 million between 2008 and 2011. The audit released Tuesday tracked about 4,500 …
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"Breaking Bad"'s great. Is it accurate?

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“In 2002/2003, the Sinaloa cartel saw that meth was the next big thing, and started to be active in creating these super labs and making the meth in Mexico,” says Sylvia Longmire, a retired Air Force captain, author of “Cartel,” and consultant on …
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Abandoning the shame of mental illness

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But everything just affected him more deeply… "I told him 'You need to talk to someone, something is wrong.' He went willingly and was diagnosed bipolar right away," she said. By then Erik was also drinking heavily. Substance abuse and mental illness …
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