Sobering Up: In An Alcohol-Soaked Nation, More Seek Booze-Free Social Spaces
Not far from the Anheuser-Busch brewery, Joshua Grigaitis fills a cooler with bottles and cans in one of the city’s oldest bars.
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After Years Of Inaction, Oregon Tackles High Addiction Rates
With the fourth-highest addiction rate in the country, Oregon has one of the worst records nationwide when it comes to treating people suffering from drug or alcohol addiction. But now the state is working towards a plan to change that.
Carrie Steinseifer Bates won three Olympic gold medals for swimming in 1984.
But in January 2012, the Tualatin resident wanted to die.
Alcohol and Drug Policy Commission Could Become Permanent
Attorney General John Kroger wants to expand the commission’s responsibilities and give it oversight of all alcohol and drug funding programs
April 8, 2011 -- Legislation that would make the Alcohol and Drug Policy Commission a permanent group passed out of the Senate Health Care, Human Services, and Rural Health Policy Committee on Wednesday, and is headed to a floor vote.
Wheeler Receives National Honor
June 2, 2010 -- Karen Wheeler has been selected as one of only two National Treatment Network representatives by the National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors. She’ll be honored at the annual national meeting on June 4.
