Mississippi teen uses struggle with addiction to warn others
Conner James, a senior at Petal High School in Petal, Mississippi, tells his story to middle school students in the hopes they’ll avoid some of the pitfalls that he encountered.James originally became...
View ArticleMississippi Legislators Want to Link Welfare to Drug Testing
Mississippi is one of more than 25 states in the U.S. with a mandatory drug testing bill under consideration for welfare recipients. Such legislation has been considered for over a decade, but has yet...
View Article80% of All Crime in Mississippi Drug-Related
According to Circuit Court Judge Lee Howard of District 16 in Mississippi, 80% of all crime committed in the state is drug related. In response to this, the judge presented plans for a new drug court...
View ArticleMississippi Youth Graduate Drug Court Program
Hats off to four Natchez, Mississippi youth who graduated from the Adams County Youth Drug Court’s program on Tuesday, June 7th, 2011. According to the Natchez Democrat, the youth drug court program is...
View ArticleMississippi drug trafficker sentenced to 12 years in prison
Six members of a drug trafficking organization received their sentencing this week. The group had pretended to be a trucking company, and shipped in from out of state over two hundred pounds of...
View ArticleMississippi’s Prescription Drug Abuse Problem
Two people are sitting in a car right outside a local business. They are not just talking: they are doing an illicit drug transaction. One of the guys in that car is a doctor and he is giving the...
View ArticleIt’s been a Long Hard Road
Wow, it’s been a long hard road, but nothing like this comes easy. I was a wreck when I got here. I was a liar and a junkie who hated life. I didn’t want to confront or handle anything in life....
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