Ken Dixon: Domestic Violence Still Under Radar

Ken Dixon: Domestic violence still under radar

Filed under: drug abuse hotline

Bridgeport, with its urban crowding, high joblessness, poverty and drug problems, has had the highest rate of intimate partner homicides, with more than 21 since 2000. But supposedly "safer" suburbs, with different problems of isolation, are not immune …
Read more on Ct Post

Protecting victims from their pimps

Filed under: drug abuse hotline

In fact, calls to a national human-trafficking hotline originating in Maine have increased more than 50 percent in recent years. Providers from every area of the state report serving victims of sexual exploitation. … And they'll need legislative and …
Read more on Bangor Daily News

Rep. Garrett Pinocchio Bradley

Filed under: drug abuse hotline

On that one Bradley voted against establishing a police fraud hotline. He must have missed the front page Herald article on DTA refusing to investigate a police officer's report alleging a drug dealer was using EBT cards. As if no one is going to look …
Read more on Boston Herald (blog)