Texas Bill Spotlights Minors Charged With Prostitution

Texas Bill Spotlights Minors Charged With Prostitution

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Judges and probation officers need to get trained to understand the kind of trauma these minors have been through. But if these youths don't get treatment, they say taxpayers will continue to deal with consequences, including drug addiction and …
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Winslow man arrested on drug trafficking charges

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He said Lund also found five strips of suboxone, an opioid commonly used to treat opioid addiction; about 30 tablets of the stimulant Ritalin; a crack pipe; a digital scale; and baggies, wrappers and other types of packaging. Bellows already was …
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Heroin, prescription painkillers discussed at Dayton High School

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There, she and others heard experts from the medical and law enforcement community – and two mothers of heroin addicts who overdosed on the drug – told how essential it is to band together to fight opiates in Northern Kentucky. “There's something that …
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