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Fewer than one in five get treatment for drug problems, U.N. says
World NowTo help every person on the globe struggling with drugs, more than $200 billion would be needed -- far more than the world actually spends, the United Nations announced Tuesday in a new report.... -
Is juvenile system too closed?
South Bend TribuneBy the time Travis Thieneman discovered that his girlfriend was pregnant with his child, the two had already split up. The 26-year-old southern Indiana man says he was worried enough about their infant that he called the state’s child abuse hot...Tags: Abusive Behavior, Crime, Law and Justice, John Broden, Lawyers, Juvenile Delinquency
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W.Va. Gov. pledges financial support for Berkeley Co. rec center
matthew.umstead@herald-mail.comGov. Earl Ray Tomblin Tuesday renewed a pledge to financially support the South Berkeley Recreation Center project, but declined to specify how much money he would make available. The $2.1 million bid by Smithsburg-based Roy C. Kline Contractors was...Tags: Lotteries, Hospitals and Clinics, Politics, Health, Behavioral Conditions
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Methadone and misdemeanors
For many years, some Baltimore area neighborhood groups have fought strenuously against the addition of methadone clinics to their communities on the grounds that such facilities inevitably bring loiterers and traffic, depress property values and increase...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Hospitals and Clinics, Health, Behavioral Conditions, Science and Technology
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Berkeley County grand jury indicts 89
The following 89 individuals were indicted by a Berkeley County grand jury seated for the October term of circuit court, which began Tuesday. An indictment merely indicates that an individual is believed to have committed the crime. Joshua L. Stitley,...Tags: Church and State Relations, Fakes, Hoaxes, and Impostors, Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia), Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Religion and Belief
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UM drug treatment center a magnet for crime
Isn't it a bit disingenuous for the University of Maryland School of Medicine to use its own research to justify locating a methadone treatment center in the 1100 block of West Pratt Street ("Study: Methadone clinics don't draw crime," May 1)? It's...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Pratt Street, University of Maryland, College Park
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Social media blurs line between frivolous and serious
I guess this a great thing: Facebook will now allow users to enroll as organ donors. Organ donation is one of the easiest and most important decisions a person can make. It gives life, hope and comfort. More than 112,000 people are in waiting lists...Tags: Social Media, Joel Osteen, Hospitals and Clinics, Health, The Herald-Mail
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Good morning, Baltimore: Need to know for Tuesday
WEATHER
Today's forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies in the Baltimore area, with showers and a high near 81 degrees. Tuesday night is expected to be mostly cloudy, with a low around 60 degrees.
TRAFFIC
Check our traffic updates for this morning's...Tags: Patapsco, Hospitals and Clinics, Auto Racing, Health, Marketing
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Methadone clinics don't attract crime, study finds
Methadone clinics are often seen as the bad neighbor nobody wants.
Residents concerned about crime and other quality-of-life issues often protest if they even hear word of a methadone clinic, which treats those addicted to heroin and other opiates, is...Tags: Baltimore County, Medical Research, Crime, Law and Justice, Health, Hospitals and Clinics
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Five charged in alleged heroin-distribution ring
dan.dearth@herald-mail.comFive people, including a Hagerstown man, were charged Monday with multiple drug and other counts in what police allege was a heroin-distribution ring being operated out of a home east of Hagerstown, the Washington County Narcotics Task Force said Tuesday....Tags: Prosecution, Drug Trafficking, Theft, Brooklyn (New York City), Firearms
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Hagerstown man gets 30 months after pleading guilty in death of motorcyclist
dona@herald-mail.comA Washington County Circuit Court judge Tuesday sentenced a Hagerstown man to 30 months in prison after he pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the 2011 death of a Pennsylvania motorcyclist. Robert Daniel Hilliard, 26, of 1010 Bramly Court also pleaded...Tags: Prisons, Disasters and Accidents, Crime, Law and Justice, Robert Daniel, Murder
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Anne Arundel County health briefs
World TB Day The Department of Health observes World TB Day March 24 with a display in the lobby of the Health Services Building, 3 Harry S. Truman Parkway, Annapolis. Tuberculosis, a disease caused by bacteria, is transmitted through the air, usually by...Tags: Harry S. Truman, Health, Hospitals and Clinics, Behavioral Conditions, Tuberculosis
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