Sexual Abuse Is a “Gateway Experience” That Often Leads to Drug Addiction

Sexual abuse is a “gateway experience” that often leads to drug addiction

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Our laws treat children as property and we continue to maintain startlingly underfunded and overworked Child Protective Services as our primary form of intervention. Our discomfort acknowledging the … As we struggle to make progress in prevention and …
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VIDEO: In case you missed it — Dutchess must find answers to the jail conundrum

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Housing inmates in other county jails when the Dutchess jail is full causes court delays and prevents housed-out inmates from partaking in local rehabilitation programs and seeing their families. The state Commission of Correction … A better taxpayer …
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Help or Hurt? Outpatient Drug Treatment for the Homeless

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… employment composite score. These findings suggest that type of substance abuse may be overemphasized as a predictor of outpatient drug-free treatment retention, and that greater emphasis should be placed on tailoring treatment to patients …
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