Vermont Adopting Icelandic Program to Curb Substance Use
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What can youth advocates in rural New England learn about reducing teen drug and alcohol use from a small island nation just below the Arctic Circle?
Juvenile Drug Courts Agree More Family Involvement Needed; Some Not Sure How to Do It: Report
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Juvenile drug treatment courts must do more to bring families into the treatment process if they want to help young offenders overcome addiction and stay out of the criminal justice system, a team of mental health professionals concluded in a sweeping report released today.
Substance Use, Mental Health & the Road to Recovery: ‘Like Juggling Explosives Blindfolded’
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When Corey Roberts came out of prison, he hit the ground running.
In short order, he found a job at a chicken joint. He found a girlfriend. And at 21, after an 18-month stretch in Georgia correctional facilities, including nine months in a drug-rehabilitation program, he began the process of rebuilding a life within the legally constrained horizons of an ex-convict.