Tim Harmon 5K for Hepatitis C Awareness

Tim Harmon 5K for Hepatitis C Awareness – The 13th Tim Harmon 5K Run/Walk was held at the Fairfax County Government Center on Saturday, June 23, 2012. This annual event helps raise awareness of hepatits C and is in memory of Tim Harmon, who was instrumental in the development and service provision of several county alcohol and drug treatment centers. More information: www.fairfaxcounty.gov www.timharmon5k.org

Sailor's suicide triggers lawsuit against VA

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Her twin sister, Darla Grese, also a former Navy corpsman, filed the suit, saying physicians at Hampton VA Medical Center, Va., ignored her pleas to quit doling out prescriptions to her sister, a known addict deemed at "moderate risk for suicide." "I'm …
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Historic Triangle Communities Seek to Educate Public on 'Bath Salts'

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“One particular designer drug might be considered illegal, but people who put these drugs together change one or two things in the compound,” said Gina Thorne of the Farley Center, a treatment center for addiction in Williamsburg. These drugs are …
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