First Three Graduate From County's Drug Court

First three graduate from county's drug court

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First graduates of Sangamon County Drug Treatment Court are, from left, Teresa M. Brown, Leonard "Dave" Kemp Jr. and Stacey A. Ray. … “I'd like to thank the state of Illinois for making an investment in me, Kemp said. “I've learned the only dividend …
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Fighting the heroin 'epidemic'

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Paula Nixon was to graduate last spring from Glenbrook South High School in Glenview, but now is in a drug rehabilitation center instead. Although … John Roberts and Kathy Kane-Willis, co-founder and director of the Illinois Consortium on Drug Policy.
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The Power to Solve the Drug Overdose Crisis Is in Our Hands

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Illinois legislators have been responsive to the crisis. … Drug treatment providers, emergency departments, jails, and detoxification centers all need to make sure that everyone who has a problem with opiates pills or heroin has access to this …
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Second case of meningitis in Illinois tied to national outbreak

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The drug came from a lot contaminated with fungus and manufactured by the New England Compounding Center in Massachusetts, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health. The patient is undergoing testing and treatment, according to health …
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