Reporting: Costa (Help with drug addictions) Rica

Reporting: Costa Rica
American Reporter - SAN JOSE, Costa Rica -- On 9th street, in downtown San Jos , Costa Rica, a man with a Brooklyn accent stopped me late one night. "You speak English, man?" I tossed a response over my shoulder and hurried on my way. "Whoa! Whoa! Wait a second, man

Registry called way to detect pill abuse
Des Moines Register - Legislative supporters of a computerized system to help detect abusers of prescription drugs invoked the memory of Dr. Stephen Gleason, a prominent physician and former top aide to Gov. Tom Vilsack who committed suicide Saturday. The proposed

Home for vets will get help
Asbury Park Press - WINSLOW New Jersey taxpayers can donate to 11 organizations or causes through their state income tax returns. Five of them are line items that appear on the return in the order in which they were approved by the state Legislature. Six others are

Mentally Ill Speak Out
Albuquerque Journal - Michelle Holtby said she was once convinced she was God or at least his special representative here on earth. "I was out here to save the world," the 32-year-old Albuquerque woman said, describing beliefs she held when she was in a manic phase of

Another Monday in
NW Arkansas Times - Mary Ann Gunn is talking about the challenges women often mothers face when fighting addiction. She speaks toward the jury box, where some women are sitting, shackled, in their orange and white jail outfits. "I understand that the issues you

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Review - Narcotic availability in the county has increased dramatically since 2002, and the problem continues to spiral upward, forcing area law enforcement agencies to team up in the fight against drugs. Columbiana County Drug Task Force records compiled

Jason van Rassel, Calgary Herald
Calgary Herald - Members of Calgary city council and justice officials will meet next week to discuss establishing a criminal court that can send drug addicts for treatment as an alternative to jail. Court-supervised treatment has cut drug-related crime and costs to

Home-cooked drugs
Daytona Beach News-Journal - Lt. Jim Ellinor saw methamphetamine heading toward Volusia County. The chemicals needed to cook up the potent drug are relatively cheap and easy to get. Labs can operate in places as small as mobile homes and motel rooms. And that doesn't even begin

Parents needed to curb kids' drinking
Park Rapids Enterprise - Park Rapids was one of more than 1,000 communities gathered Tuesday in a national effort to increase understanding and address the problem of underage drinking. The Youth Issues Network sponsored the Underage Drinking Prevention Town Hall Meeting at

SNL's Farley revived for drug treatment ads
Houston Chronicle - LOS ANGELES -- Eight years after his drug-related death at age 33, Chris Farley will be making a reappearance in Los Angeles. The family of the oversized comic has approved the first major commercial use of his image -- on a series of Los Angeles