Judge Gives Big Bail Discount to Don Tollefson
Judge gives big bail discount to Don Tollefson
[rewrite]Bucks County Assistant District Attorney Ryan Hyde said this was done so Tollefson could enter a 30-day drug treatment program. Hyde said the state … Tollefson promised half the money would go to charities like the Salvation Army or Special Olympics …[/rewrite]
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Lab says King County deputy passed out from drugs
[rewrite]The three-month investigation was conducted by Bellevue police who had a blood sample tested at a lab in Pennsylvania. It found the presence of multiple prescription drugs … Â If any of these drugs made me drowsy behind the wheel, I'd ask for …[/rewrite]
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Love and Fire
Love and fire
[rewrite]ACCOMACK COUNTY, Va. — The corn was harvested, and the field was a dirty sort of brown. Deborah Clark would think about that later, how at a different time of year she wouldn't have seen anything until it was too late. A friend had come over to her …[/rewrite]
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Mojo – April 2014
[rewrite]According to a new report from the Treatment Advocacy Center (TAC), a nonprofit advocacy organization, the United States has fully returned to the 18th-century model of incarcerating the mentally ill in correctional institutions rather than treating …[/rewrite]
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Philip Seymour Hoffman's Death Highlights Need for New Addiction Treatment …
Philip Seymour Hoffman's Death Highlights Need for New Addiction Treatment …
[rewrite]Addiction Treatment PALM SPRINGS, Calif., Feb. 11, 2014 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Addiction experts are speaking out over Philip Seymour Hoffman's probable overdose death as a tragedy that could have been prevented. But according to Scott …[/rewrite]
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Frank Denton: Melissa Ann Jernigan the face of a broken system
[rewrite]A 2010 study by the Treatment Advocacy Center and the National Sheriffs' Association estimated that 40 percent of the seriously mentally ill have been in jail or prison at least once in their lives. Florida has almost five times more seriously mentally …[/rewrite]
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