Todd Trenchard celebrates 15 years of sobriety
AMANDA McCOY/SUN HERALDTodd Trenchard entered Home of Grace Christian Drug and Alcohol Recovery Center in December 1998 for his addiction to alcohol and cocaine. He's been sober 15 years and has become the senior … was an alternative to marijuana is …
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Problems remain with state's four-drug policy
Janice Gambach, president of Springfield-based Mental Health Centers of Central Illinois, said she would like to see the four-drug policy repealed because there's little evidence that it saves money in the long run, and there's anecdotal evidence that …
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Legal pot is imminent in Colorado and Washington. Are they ready?
Christian Thurstone, a child psychiatrist and the medical director of a Denver substance abuse treatment center for adolescents, is one such skeptic. Since medical marijuana became commercialized in Colorado in 2009, the number of patients approved for …
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