Drug tests for welfare pushed

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Tim Schaffer plans to introduce legislation today that would establish a drug-testing pilot program for Ohio Works First applicants. “It is time that we recognize that many families are trying … In Florida, 108 tested positive of more than 4,000 who …
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Advice on Addiction in Boomers, Part 1

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Dr. Krantz is the medical director and the director of medical research at Hanley, which bases its treatment programs on the 12-step model of Alcoholics Anonymous. … Through the University of Florida, Dr. Krantz helps to train doctors in addiction …
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The arts' role in healing

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The event was part of the Arts in Medicine Program. Matt Stamey/Staff … For the fine artist and University of Florida engineering professor, folding the cranes into being began as an act of memorializing lost loved ones in her native Turkey. "In …
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