Addiction to Prescription Opiates and Heroin Addressed by New Resource

Addiction to Prescription Opiates and Heroin Addressed by New Resource
NEW YORK, Dec. 12, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Partnership at Drugfree.org, a national nonprofit working to find evidence-based solutions to adolescent substance use, today launched a comprehensive new digital resource that helps parents … Read more on PR Newswire (press release)

Gazette opinion: Help network support foster kids, families
According to statistics from DPHHS and the Best Beginnings Coalition of United Way of Yellowstone County, the proportion of abuse and neglect cases involving parental drug use increased nearly 10 percentage points over the past year to 68 percent. Read more on Billings Gazette

Boating death, DCS oversight top crime news in 2013
DeMarkus Taylor, 28, and Rawny Taylor, the parents of a 4-year-old that was found dead last month inside this mobile home at 1460 Dotsonville Road, Lot 8, have been charged with first-degree felony murder, three counts of aggravated child abuse and a … Read more on Clarksville Leaf Chronicle

Critics of Legal Pot Say Colorado Isn't Ready Yet
"You just can't help but run into this thing," said Sheriff Hayward, who has had to triple his jail budget to $ 150,000. "You're stopping … In the Denver-Aurora metro area, pot-related emergency-room visits more than tripled to 3,871 in 2011 from 2004 … Read more on Wall Street Journal