Drug Prevention: Oregon Partnership – Meth Prevention

Drug Prevention: Oregon Partnership – Meth Prevention – The Methamphetamine Awareness Project (MAP) is an innovative drug prevention project to reduce, delay, and prevent teen methamphetamine use in targeted commu…

Oregon YouthLine's text message program creates 'warm line' for troubled teens

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Gorretta, a teen mentor for YouthLine, an Oregon nonprofit hotline dedicated to preventing teen suicide and drug abuse, spends many weekday evenings in the program's Southwest Portland offices, doling advice to kids who very well could be his …
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Congressional Research Service: Hemp Is "Economically Viable"

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I find this study particularly interesting now after the recent DOJ announcement, and the fact that states like Oregon are considering allowing hemp production. The summary of the report is as … Hemp has long been cultivated for non-drug use in the …
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The New Asylums: Jails Swell With Mentally Ill

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… the jail's chief clinical social worker, listened as Mr. Miller spoke and shuddered. The teenager, who disputes the drug charge, said he had tried in vain to get help for his disabling episodes. … Many of the afflicted wound up on the streets …
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