Getting Help for Addiction

Getting Help For Addiction – KATU-TV in Portland, Oregon, interviews Dr. Vern Williams, medical director of Hazelden in Newberg, Oregon, in light of Charlie Sheen’s ’20/20′ interview regarding treatment for addiction. Williams explains how to get help and/or seek treatment, and why Sheen discredited treatment for addiction. For more information about Hazelden, please visit www.hazelden.org or call 800-257-7810.

The Geography of Gun Violence in Cities Versus Metros

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Spurred by Moroz's more detailed analysis and with the help of my Martin Prosperity Institute colleagues Charlotta Mellander and Zara Matheson, I decided to take a closer look at gun deaths at the metro and city levels based on these CDC data. Map by …
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Eureka's top cop weighs in on homelessness

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Oregon does not pay SSI, thus, lots of folks choose to come to California to get on Social Security. In California, if you're … It is frustrating for the person who has to take a drug test to earn a salary to pay taxes for those who receive federal …
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Oregon girl, 7, in chemotherapy for leukemia uses medical pot

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… leukemia is one of Oregon's youngest medical marijuana patients. Her mother says she gives her daughter marijuana pills to combat the effects of chemotherapy, but her father, who lives in North Dakota, worries about the effects of the drug on her …
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Ore. girl, 7, is medical marijuana patient

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A 7-year-old girl suffering from leukemia has become one of Oregon's youngest medical marijuana patients. Mykayla Comstock's mother credits the drug with helping put the cancer into remission. But her father, worried about the effects of the drug on …
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