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Intersections: Finding a way out is a lifelong struggle
This is the third in a four part series exploring the impacts of heroin use on the greater Glendale area. On a Friday morning at the New Way Foundation rehab facility in Burbank, 20 men slowly crowd into a room. The stark white walls are covered in...Tags: Methamphetamine (drug), Heroin, Stroke, Heart Attack, Addiction
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Intersections: An exploration of the local impacts of heroin use
Seven years ago, an 18-year-old La Crescenta man was prescribed Vicodin after a routine surgical procedure. The prescription was all it took for a blossoming painkiller addiction to comfortably settle in. In 2009, when the pills became too expensive...Tags: Vicodin (drug), Heroin, Substance Abuse, Long Island, Medical Research
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Bank moves to foreclose on failed New Horizons property
Another blow is coming by way of the New Horizons Family Center. Its lender, Bank of the West, has scheduled a foreclosure sale for the end of the month — a move that likely will prevent Glendale from recouping $16,000 the city is owed by the now-...
Tags: Bankruptcy, Mental Health, Health
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Intersections: Addiction exacts a painful family toll
This is the second in a four-part series exploring the impacts of heroin use on the greater Glendale area. Anne Fisher and her family moved to La Crescenta from Michigan in the early ‘90s. The Los Angeles suburb, with its small-town feel and slow-...Tags: Heroin, Drug Trafficking, Addiction, Drugs and Medicines, Health
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Parents explore frustrations of disability
A group of parents of children with special needs experienced frustration firsthand on Saturday when they were asked to perform a series of exercises designed to test their visual perceptions and thought processes. The word “Red” was...Tags: Anthony J. Portantino, Autism, Medical Procedures and Tests, Mental Health, Health
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Faith and Life: Create new memories to move beyond your past
I have a career in which I have the blessing of helping those who have been wounded. Some have deep hurt that is of a physical nature. Others have emotional scars that hurt just as deeply. Often, when we are wounded, our mind cannot stop the cycle of...Tags: Injuries and Wounds, Culture, Abusive Behavior, Psychotherapy, Depression
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Start the Presses: Of bullying, depression and suicide
Our communities have been rocked in the last few weeks with a spate of suicides: Two teenage boys have killed themselves and a 13-year-old girl tried to do so. What is going on? In the case of 15-year-old Drew Ferraro, the specter of bullying has...Tags: Suicide, Health and Safety at School, Depression, Health, Bullying
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At mental health agency, patients outstrip available funding
A mental health agency that services clients throughout the Southland has experienced a deluge of clients in Glendale since opening here last summer, far outpacing its 10 other locations in Los Angeles and Orange counties. “We realized there was a...Tags: Pharmaceuticals, Chemicals, Mental Health, Health, Health Insurance Cost
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Faith and Life: Giving, giving and more giving
Christmas can be such a magical time. When else do we decorate — everything — this much? And yet, when there are positive and negative feelings that people encounter as Christmas approaches, often the main concept of it all is missed. It...Tags: Jesus Christ, Culture, Behavioral Conditions, Holidays, Arts and Culture
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Why no public debate on smart meters?
Regarding the Glendale News-Press Nov. 19 editorial titled, “The smart move is to choose a new battle,” I ask, why hasn’t there been an open and televised debate on the merits of the smart meters? The News-Press editorial dismissed...Tags: Vaccines, Autism, Preventative Medicine, Drugs and Medicines, Health
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Privacy, security are the real worries
Regarding the Glendale News-Press Nov. 19 editorial titled, “The smart move is to choose a new battle,” I ask, why hasn't there been an open and televised debate on the merits of the smart meters? The News-Press editorial dismissed the...Tags: Vaccines, Autism, Preventative Medicine, Drugs and Medicines, Health
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Potentially suicidal man arrested in Northridge after firing gun
Police took a potentially suicidal man into custody in Northridge on Tuesday after he fired shots into the air. Officers responded to a report of shots fired on the 10000 block of Reseda Avenue at about 10:10 a.m. An LAPD spokeswoman said a woman also...Tags: Suicidal Behavior, Suicide, Suicide, Los Angeles Police Department, Shootings
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