House of Hope Salt Lake City

House of Hope Salt Lake City – The House of Hope is a non-profit organization that has provided statewide substance abuse treatment services since for 65 years. The House of Hope’s Salt La…

For black infants, a precarious start in life

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Programs in Los Angeles County, including L.A. Best Babies Network and Great Beginnings for Black Babies, take steps such as screening women for depression and substance abuse and helping get them into stable housing and out of abusive relationships …
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Theater to See in L.A. This Week, Including an All-Female Hamlet

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Originating from a 1992 script by Victor Tamayo, which focused primarily on drug abuse, the familiar plot revolves around Carlos (Johnny Ortiz), a parentless youth living an empty, violent existence. Street life and drug dealing leave him little time …
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The Cleverest New Anti-Abortion Law

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When the Food and Drug Administration approved a drug regimen for medical abortion in 2000, the hope was that the availability of the pills (mainly what used to be called RU-486, now known as Mifeprex) would make it easier for women to take them …
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