Innocents Lost: Protecting Kids With Hollow Promises

Published March 18, 2014

Innocents Lost: Protecting kids with hollow promises

Filed under: drug addiction help recovery

Such plans are supposed to provide detailed road maps to recovery, and hold parents accountable when they fall short. … When DCF investigators found they could not rely on the promises of drug-addicted or violent parents, they enlisted relatives or …
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Homeward Pikes Peak's Holmes planning private addiction recovery clinic

Filed under: drug addiction help recovery

Homeward Pikes Peak's outgoing chief plans to shift his focus from combating homelessness to helping people recover from drug addiction. Bob Holmes is starting a for-profit addiction recovery center called STAR-Colorado, which is expected to open April …
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Drug overdose prevention bill clears committee

Filed under: drug addiction help recovery

The bill, which now goes to the full House, would help prevent overdose deaths by ensuring that first responders have access to a drug to stop the overdose in progress and that "Good Samaritans" who try to help the addict do not face criminal charges …
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