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• Grants support homeless

  December 26, 2011 in City on Page A7 The federal government has renewed funding next year for 208 Washington state programs serving the homeless, including about $3 million for 28 Spokane programs. The U.S. Department of Housing and …

• Substance abuse treatment saves state money, study finds

  February 15, 2011 in Idaho on Page A6 BOISE – Idaho now has the data to show that its substance abuse treatment services directly save the state money. But the news comes as the state is preparing to … 1

• Idaho grandparents may get stronger custody rights

  March 5, 2010 in Idaho Idaho lawmakers are considering a bill intended to help grandparents and other relatives get custody of children whose parents have been caught up with substance abuse or incarceration.

• Report on teen drug use offers a mixed outlook

    December 15, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 The federal government’s annual report of alcohol and drug abuse by children seems reassuring: Compared with recent years, marijuana use is down in 2009, use of hallucinogens is way down …

• Student pot use rises in CdA, falls in Spokane

    December 15, 2009 in City on Page A1 Coeur d’Alene teens smoked more marijuana last year than they did in 2006, a contrast to a trend revealed in statistics released Monday in a federal survey about the drug … 1

• Homeless woman found shelter

  January 8, 2009 in City on Page A5 It will never be known whether Kim Steel found a new direction in her life during Christmas week. The 42-year-old homeless woman with a history of substance abuse died Dec. … 5

• Cheers On Campus Often Associated With A Lot Of Booze

  November 29, 1995 in Sports on Page C1 Sports floats on a river of alcohol; the TV commercials and the ball park billboards are signposts along the way. But that’s just prose. A researcher at the Harvard School …