North Adams Forum Looks for Solutions to Crime, Addiction
North Adams Forum Looks for Solutions to Crime, Addiction
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A conversation hosted by the Northern Berkshire Community Coalition on Friday morning at First Baptist Church made it clear that the spike in crime the city's been experiencing has its roots in substance abuse, poverty and isolation and it will take a …
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Can Family Conflict Drive Teen Girls to Drink?
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55 percent of female students involved in acquaintance rape say they had been drinking or using drugs at the time, and as many as 70 percent of college-age women admit to having engaged in sex primarily under the influence of alcohol. Heavy alcohol use …
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Police crime commissioners: their five best, and five worst, ideas
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We have spent nearly 50 calamitous years treating drug addiction as a criminal justice matter rather than a social and medical problem. If Hogg's suggestion this week helps to shift policy towards a rational, pragmatic approach, it may almost make the …
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The Causerati
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They use unconventional tools to reach. their goals: from advocacy, and litigation to street plays and grassroots …. She realised the drug pushers, pimps and prostitutes that the film's protagonist Krishna and his friends were pitted against, weren't …
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