Fighting Drug Addiction With ‘Flash Jobs’ and High Fashion

Fighting Drug Addiction With ‘Flash Jobs’ and High Fashion
STOCKHOLM—Marie Teike is a fashion designer who manages a tailor shop at the Stockholms Stadsmission, the main charity in Sweden’s capital. One of her star pupils is Susi, a rail-thin, 50-something woman with a deeply lined face who can be found most …
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Funding is in doubt for Regina drug addiction housing program
The drug-addicted women who come through the doors of Regina’s Kate’s Place often need one last chance to turn their lives around. Like those women, the program itself is in desperate need of support before it’s too late for it to be saved.
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Ohio to require reporting of drug–addicted babies
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Hospital maternity units and newborn care nurseries would have to report the number of infants born addicted to drugs under a bill headed to Ohio's governor. The state Senate unanimously passed the measure Wednesday, and Gov.
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Chicago's heroin epidemic laid bare: Photographer spends a year with …
A bloodied drug addict falls into a stupor as he injects a bags-worth of potent Mexican heroin into his foot. Disturbing as it may be, this is an all-too-familiar sight on Chicago's West Side. The addict, named Rico, is just one of hundreds of the city …
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Ryan urges funding for drug treatment
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WKBN) – Members of the U.S. House of Representatives heard first-hand Friday morning the problems being faced by those trying to treat people addicted to heroin and other opiates. By the time workers with a group known as …
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