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TweetPinShareThere are many factors that can push a person to choose substance or alcohol use as a coping mechanism. Sometimes, it can be the situations the person is in, while …
What Is Dual-Diagnosis Treatment? Read More
TweetPinShareContributed File Photo/Courtesy GCSO: Raymone Aragon, shown here after being booked into jail in January 2021, has been given another chance at rehabilitation during a recent petition to revoke his …
Judge gives youthful drug addict another chance at rehab Read More
TweetPinShareJon Johnson File Photo/Gila Herald: Graham County Superior Court Judge Michael D. Peterson gave a man a possible suspended five-year prison sentence if he completes a six-month-long drug rehab. Delays …
Judge gives teenage meth addict a chance to get sober Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy Jason and Maria Kouts: Josiah Kouts had loving family support. That family is now helping support the construction of a local rehabilitation center in his memory. Editor’s note: …
Josiah’s story – part five ‘Aftermath and moving forward’ Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy Jason and Maria Kouts: A family is forever changed after a single, tragic mistake. Editor’s note: This is the fourth part of our weeklong series delving into the …
Josiah’s story – part four ‘Reflections of a father’ Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy Jason and Maria Kouts: Shortly after Josiah Kouts’ death, the man who sold him the fatal dose of heroin asked to meet with Josiah’s mother, Maria Kouts. As …
Josiah’s story – part 3 ‘Meeting Josiah’s dealer’ Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy Jason and Maria Kouts: Josiah Kouts poses in front of the Eiffel Tower. Josiah died from a heroin overdose Tuesday, Jan. 23. As told by his mother, Maria …
Josiah’s story – part two Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy Jason and Maria Kouts: Josiah Kouts and his mother, Maria Kouts, take in the sights of Paris, France. Josiah died of a heroin overdose Tuesday, Jan. 23. As …
Josiah’s story – part one Read More