Local Ministry Provides Transportation, More for Recovering Drug Addicts

Local ministry provides transportation, more for recovering drug addicts
She knows from experience. A mother of three and a drug addict for more than 34 years, Shallenbarger said she was told she was hopeless by a state Department of Children and Family Services caseworker in August 2004. “As a matter of fact, her quote was … Read more on The State Journal-Register

The silent slaughter of an opioid epidemic
The U.S. Center for Disease Control says the dramatic increase in opioid prescriptions has led to skyrocketing rates of overdose deaths and addictions. Drug overdoses are now killing more people than car crashes, says the coalition organizing the rally … Read more on iPolitics.ca (subscription)

Column: The worst drug of all is …
Every year more than 440,000 Americans die prematurely from smoking — that's more Americans than died in World War II. Startling statistic, but it's true. Tobacco kills more than twice as many people who die from alcohol and other drugs, AIDS, car … Read more on Walla Walla Union-Bulletin