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Links to Useful Information
 What is the value of a happy and healthy family? It is not measurable in material terms, but is worth more than can be defined when a mother is using illicit drugs - before, during, or after pregnancy.
Please click on the links below to read about the tragedies and triumphs women have faced when trying to overcome the ravages of drug addiction.
Crack Kids : April 16, 2002 -- Babies whose mothers smoked crack cocaine during pregnancy face significant mental and developmental problems up to and likely beyond their second birthday, according to new research.
Need help finding an appropriate treatment center in the U.S.? Go to the Facility Locator - a service of the Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
Get accurate information. Information based on real research - not folklore or street-lore. Know what you're putting in your body. Know what's happening to your brain chemistry. We actively advocate against the use of illicit drugs. We are convinced that if you only knew what illicit drug use can (and most likely will) do to your body, mind, and spirit, you could no longer justify its use.
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In the News
For more information regarding drug use during pregnancy, please read the articles listed below.
Screening for depression before, during, after pregnancy can help (The Times Herald)
Amber cried a lot after the birth of her first child, a son.
The security blanket (The Puyallup Herald)
From left, Gabe Zarelli, Meghann Thetford, Sheena Danner, Renne’ Gilliam and Zach Culver play card games during an afternoon at Puyalllup’s Youth Investment Center.
Posters help promote prom safety at area schools (Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter)
TWO RIVERS Posters that will be displayed in the hallways of Manitowoc County high schools this spring will warn students of the dangers of drug and alcohol use and sexual activity on prom night.
Summer job prospects dim for teens (Chicago Tribune)
Parents, officials worry that idle students will get into trouble Patrick Galloway has been looking for a summer job to help his grandmother pay bills and to gain some real-world experience. But most important, he wants something to do when school gets out.
Film Shorts (Fort Worth Weekly)
Green Zone (R) Matt Damon stars in this thriller as a U.S. Army officer in the early days of the Iraq war who goes rogue while trying to find weapons of mass destruction. Also with Brendan Gleeson, Greg Kinnear, Amy Ryan, Khalid Abdalla, and Jason Isaacs.
Mother charged with poisoning newborn (seattlepi.com)
A Seattle mother is behind bars following allegations that she poisoned her infant daughter with methadone days after giving birth to her.
HIV tests offered free to women through Snohomish Health District (Everett Herald)
Women and girls: It’s time to get tested for HIV. That’s the message from the Snohomish Health District, which is offering free HIV tests today, Tuesday and Wednesday in support of National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, which is Wednesday.
Bristol-Myers Squibb, AstraZeneca commence SAVOR-TIMI 53 trial of ONGLYZA for type 2 diabetes (News-Medical-Net)
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company and AstraZeneca today announced the commencement of the “Saxagliptin Assessment of Vascular Outcomes Recorded in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus” trial, a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase 4 study, to evaluate treatment with ONGLYZA™ (saxagliptin), a dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitor, in adult type 2 diabetes patients with cardiovascular ...
From the Inside Out: Crystal's story (Barrie Examiner)
The following is the first of a series of profiles the Examiner is running every Tuesday regarding those who have utilized the services of the David Busby Street Centre in Barrie. So much has changed, in the last few months for me.[...]
A Legislative recap: DUIs, guns, tanning salons (Douglas Budget)
The recent four-week long budget session for the Wyoming Legislature ended. Most bills failed to make it through the maze of lamp lit desks they must grace before making it to the Governor’s office.
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Do you know of a pregnant woman in need of drug and/or alcohol treatment services?
If so, we have funds for her to receive care in the Los Angeles area. Please let us know so that we can be of service.
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