Mandatory drug tests start for felons on Minnesota welfare
St. Louis County social service officials have started enforcing Minnesota's new drug-testing program for residents receiving state “welfare” benefits who previously have been convicted of a felony drug crime. The county is following a little-known law …
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A new kind of addict: Methadone clinics find new mission in fight against …
“We treat mainstream America,” said Ed Ohlinger, the regional director for 10 private, for-profit addiction treatment centers in the Southeast owned by CRC Health Group, including the Volunteer Treatment Center in Chattanooga. In Tennessee, methadone …
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At 'Last,' the Breeders return
Kelley was arrested in a drug bust in 1995 and forced to face up to years of heroin addiction. That's when — like Eric Clapton, Steven Tyler and many other musicians — she arrived in Minnesota to get clean at Hazelden in Center City. “It's a …
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