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Hamilton too much of a risk
ARLINGTON, Texas — Bye, Josh. It's too bad because Josh Hamilton might be the most talented baseball player who has ever run around Arlington. Josh Hamilton's relationship with baseball is as pure as anybody ever born. It's his relationship,...Tags: Jon Daniels, Substance Abuse, Behavioral Conditions, Baseball, Nolan Ryan
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Chefs struggle to stay healthy in pressure-cooker setting
A few months before his wedding, Neill Howell was tipping the scales at 240 pounds and knew he needed to make a change.
There was just one problem: Howell was the executive chef in a restaurant kitchen, a high-stress workplace full of ready-to-grab...Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Fells Point, Nutrition, Weight
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James Berry III is in the fight of his life
The Baltimore SunSOME MORNINGS, PERHAPS EVEN ON A morning like this one, James Berry III will lie on his mother's couch at 4 a.m., unable to sleep. The only light in the living room will be the flicker of the television. The thoughts inside his head will collide and carom...Tags: Dennis James, Prisons, Police Arrests, Music, Heroin
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Support groups in Howard County
These groups meet regularly. Abusive relationships — Mondays, 7-8:30 p.m. Domestic Violence Center of Howard County, 5457 Twin Knolls Road, Suite 310, Columbia. Free child care. 410-997-0304. Adult Children of Alcoholics — Wednesdays, 7 p.m....Tags: Substance Abuse, Howard County, Divorce, Abusive Behavior, Bipolar Disorder
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Dispute over house in Catonsville for those recovering from addiction continues
More than two months after an administrative hearing to determine the legality of a home for recovering alcoholics and drug addicts was postponed in favor of private negotiations between Baltimore County lawyers and the home's owner, an agreement still...Tags: Lawyers, Laws, Justice System, Baltimore County, Rental Service
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Sympathy for the smokers
Editor: Regarding the letter by Phil Brainard, of Aberdeen, in response to my previous letter entitled "Steaming Over Smoking Ban," thank you for your rebuttal. That's the way democracy is supposed to work. I do,however have to take issue with some of...Tags: Lung Cancer, Quitting Smoking, Behavioral Conditions, Chantix (drug), Behavioral Conditions
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BBH sells W. Pratt Street campus for $3 million
Baltimore Behavioral Health Inc. has sold its West Pratt Street campus to an affiliate of the Abell Foundation for $3 million, according to a recently filed deed, a move that the struggling mental health clinic had long sought as a way to help stabilize...Tags: Laws, Government Health Care, Hospitals and Clinics, Mental Health, Medicaid
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Harford administration cites divide with school system over drug education
Harford County's office on drug control policy has had trouble making headway in the county's public school system, county administration director Mary Chance told a group of residents concerned about drug education Wednesday. "[Drug control policy...Tags: Substance Abuse, Teachers, Teaching and Learning, PTA, Bel Air (Harford, Maryland)
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Parents, relatives to push for more drug education in Harford schools
Bill Bloom, of Bel Air, has watched a 19-year-old cousin die from a heroin overdose and his 23-year-old brother struggle with drug addiction. "There needs to be something in place to help these kids," he said, adding if he can help save one person's...Tags: Substance Abuse, Teaching and Learning, Heroin, Budgets and Budgeting, Teaching and Learning
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Terry Reed — back out there, somewhere
As I write this, the thermometer indicates 17 degrees Farenheit in Baltimore, and Terry Reed's whereabouts are unknown. He's no longer at Union Memorial Hospital, where I saw him last, just before Christmas. Tuesday night, when I checked, he had not...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Rentals, Heroin, Long Term Care, Holidays
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Quitting smoking is tough, but not impossible
Many people pick quitting smoking as their New Year's resolution. But if quitting smoking was easy, most smokers would have already done it. Tobacco is highly addictive and the process isn't easy, but quitting is possible for those who really are ready...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Diseases and Illnesses, Heroin, Lungs and Airways, Pharmaceuticals
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Property values require county to enforce law regarding unrelated adults living in same house
For two weeks now, I have read articles ("Owner of sober home in Catonsville faces off with county," Catonsville Times, Nov. 2, and "Hearing on Catonsville sober house postponed," Catonsville Times, Nov. 9) portraying Scott Alpert and his three sober drug...Tags: Catonsville, Randallstown, Diseases and Illnesses, Behavioral Conditions
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