Sophie Anderton Clean Thanks to Amy Winehouse Charity

Sophie Anderton clean thanks to Amy Winehouse charity

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The singer's parents established The Amy Winehouse Foundation after her passing last year (11) in a bid to educate young people about substance abuse. Anderton, who was once hooked on cocaine and became a high-priced hooker to pay her drug debts, …
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Ease the pain

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Dr. Hal Vorse, medical director of A Chance to Change Foundation, an alcoholism and drug addiction treatment center, said you don't have to look far to find “those people.” “Go to a mall on a Saturday afternoon and watch people walk by — that's our …
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Reality onstage – How theater helps young women in prison

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After expanding the program to detention centers in 1990, the Chicago Foundation for Women pointed Palidofsky to the Illinois Youth Center Warrenville because of its openness to outside programming and because a girl's average stay there is six months …
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