Juvenile Arrests in Longview Drop, but Crimes More Serious

Published July 7, 2013

Juvenile arrests in Longview drop, but crimes more serious

Filed under: Texas Drug Abuse

Simpson credits the county's abundance of community-based programs such as the Parenting Resource Center, WellnessPointe, Community HeatlthCore and the East Texas Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse for their roles in the rehabilitation of child …
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Lawsuit: Police seize homes, arrest owners to investigate neighbor

Filed under: Texas Drug Abuse

The Mitchell family says that's essentially what happened when Henderson police allegedly arrested them for refusing to let officers use their homes for a “tactical advantage” in a domestic violence investigation into a neighbor, according to an …
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Drug overdose deaths spike among middle-aged women

Filed under: Texas Drug Abuse

The report highlights the need for "a mindset change" by doctors, who have traditionally thought of drug abuse as a men's problem, he said. That means doctors should consider the possibility of addiction in female patients, think of alternative …
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'Lost Girls,' by Robert Kolker

Filed under: Texas Drug Abuse

Amber Overstreet (later Costello) came from a family where addiction was a way of life; raped as a child, she acted out sexually in adolescence, selling herself to neighborhood boys by the time she was 16. She was helped along in her chosen profession …
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