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Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau last week joined the East Side Alliance, police and methadone treatment centers in a policy agreement designed to prevent patients from hanging out and drug trafficking in the East 20s, Gramercy and the East Village.
The four major methadone programs in the area run by Bellevue Hospital Center, Beth Israel Hospital, Gramercy Park Medical Group and Greenwich House East have agreed to require their clients to leave the East Side Alliance area (between E. Third and E. 28th Sts. east of Sixth Ave.) immediately after receiving services. Clients found guilty of buying or selling drugs, including methadone, would be subject to being expelled from their programs.
This initiative will help the community address quality of life crimes, shoplifting, drug dealing and illegal drug use in the neighborhoods streets and many parks, said Morgenthau at the Aug.
Woman pleads guilty to purse thefts
A 23-year-old woman pleaded guilty in Circuit Court yesterday to stealing purses at churches in Makiki and Manoa earlier this year. Kellyn Cabral pleaded guilty to second-degree robbery, two counts of second-degree burglary and second-degree theft in connection with incidents at Makiki Christian Church, St. Pius X Church and St. Francis School. She faces up to 10 years in prison. Circuit Judge Richard Pollack granted Cabral supervised release on the condition that she heads directly to the Salvation Army Addiction Treatment Services from Oahu Community Correctional Center for drug treatment. ATS is a residential program in Nuuanu where Cabral is required to undergo drug treatment for a minimum of nine months. She needs the help that ATS can provide for her, said her attorney, Myles Breiner, outside the courtroom.
More teens raiding the medicine cabinet
U.S. drug czar John Walters was in town on Friday visiting Austin Recovery, a drug treatment center in Northeast Austin. Walters thanked Austin Recovery for standing on the frontlines in the war against drugs. He also spoke about one of the most dangerous emerging drugs among teenagers: the ones in your medicine cabinet. "They get into the medicine cabinet and take pills that are either no longer being used or are left around," John Walters of the National Drug Control Policy said. The government says prescription addiction is at an all-time high among teens. If the teens are lucky, they may wind up in treatment before the problem gets worse. .
Cooling centers in Randol,ph County
The Randolph County Health Department advises county residents to take extra precautions to prevent heat-related illnesses and deaths. Summer heat can take its toll on a person's health, especially the very young, the elderly and the chronically ill.“County residents need to be aware that exposure to high temperatures and humidity can cause heat-related illness and even death," says Randolph County Health Department Administrator, Ross McKinstry. “With the recent heat-related death of a Huntsville resident, we are reminded of just how serious this is and how easily it can happen."Cooling centers in Randolph County include the Wal-Mart Supercenter, Moberly Area Community College Activities Center, Higbee Senior Center, Randolph County Health Department and the Little Dixie Regional Libraries in Moberly and Huntsville.
Recovering addicts use club as support group
For many recovering addicts, it can be hard to find a hang out where they aren't tempted to take drugs or drink. It also can be hard to find a place filled with people who understand what their lives are like. But a recently formed local nonprofit group, Blue Water Serenity, is hoping to change that. .
July 18: Entertainment History
On July 18, 1953, Elvis Presley recorded "My Happiness" as a gift for his mother. It was his first recording.
In 1960, Hank Ballard and the Midnighters released "The Twist." The song didn't take off until Chubby Checker covered it later that year.
In 1966, Bobby Fuller of the Bobby Fuller Four was found dead in his car in Los Angeles. The cause of death was not determined.
In 1974, the United States Justice Department ordered that John Lennon be deported. A federal appeals court overturned the deportation order in 1975. The following year, Lennon was granted permanent U.S. resident status.
In 1991, the first Lollapalooza festival launched in Phoenix, Arizona. It featured Jane's Addiction, Living Colour, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Henry Rollins and Nine Inch Nails.
A great Samaritan
Sarah Modrall had seen Sean Shearon around, but the two didn't officially meet until he overdosed on heroin one night in Pioneer Courthouse Square. It was Modrall who drove Shearon to the hospital, something he's not sure anyone else would have done. "Everyone around me would've been, like, 'It's just another drug addict,' " he says. To Modrall, a middle-aged mom from Southeast Portland, there's no such thing as just another drug addict. Or just another kid. Or, most important, just another kid who lives on the street. For the past eight years, Modrall, better known to many as the Cookie Lady, has devoted her life to them. "She believes that there's hope for everybody, and there is," says Shearon, who is now sober, working and off the street. "If it wasn't for her, I'd probably be in jail.
Daily writing helps patients make sense of it all
The women write and write and write. They answer questions in writing. They take notes as they watch videos. They write in journals. They record responses to events. Then they write some more, all day, every day. "They write about personal issues. They write about their life histories. They write relationship histories," says Audra Thompson, a case manager at Morris Village. Located off Farrow Road in Columbia, Morris Village is the state's alcohol and drug addiction treatment center. Currently, the center serves 72 women at a time — 48 recovering from addictions plus 24 with a dual diagnosis, meaning substance abuse plus a psychiatric disorder or mental handicap. The center also has space for 72 men. Thompson works with a caseload of six women.
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