Grants from state to fund new courts

Filed under: drug abuse help treatment programs

Such courts provide an alternative path for offenders with mental health or substance abuse issues by increasing judicial supervision and offering resources for treatment. The aim is to … “It is not as much of a straight-out-of-the-box treatment …
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Houston program run by former prostitute tries treating women as victims …

Filed under: drug abuse help treatment programs

Dallas and Houston are among the cities nationwide that have set up special courts to deal with child prostitutes by putting them in recovery programs. Many, they found, had been victims of sexual or physical abuse. Some were born to mothers who were …
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Dual-role Harbin officially calls it a career as Carnegie chief

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Harbin has worked closely with Carnegie Elementary School, where he spoke at school programs; instituting the Drug Abuse Resistance Education, or DARE, program; and treated children chosen as Student of the Month to lunch — and rides in his police car …
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