U.S. VETS Interviews, Part 3
U.S. VETS Interviews, Part 3 – Formerly homeless veterans Corey Weckman and Rob Kasheta tell us how they overcame barriers like alcohol and drug addiction to become self sufficient. They o…
Colorado Poised To Be First State To Fund Marijuana Research
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In an interview with Mint Press earlier this year, Jason David, a medical marijuana legalization advocate whose son uses a form of the substance to help with his seizures, expressed his disgust with a lack of research in the U.S. and said that it doesn …
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Missouri church feeds homeless a meal and a message
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It's a similar scene every Monday night at the foot of a shuttered, graffiti-washed train depot a few blocks from the glowing, new Stan Musial Veterans Memorial Bridge. It's where Gonnella and fellow … "We're hoping to get them off the drugs, off the …
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Prison storytelling project transforms lives, educates the community
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It's not the profanity, of which there isn't much; it's the descriptions of neglect, abuse, abandonment, addiction and loss experienced by 12 incarcerated women that weigh heavily on listeners. It's words like those used by a woman reflecting on her …
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