Heart-Wrenching Battle Against Addiction

Heart-wrenching battle against addiction
All Sharon had to do was stand outside the Harvest House Community Outreach Centre in Glace Bay long enough to finish a cigarette and someone was bound to offer to sell her a tablet of the prescription painkiller known as “hillbilly heroin” for its …
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Mother finds missing son after seeing his picture in newspaper
She had taken him to drug rehabilitation centre Odyssey House twice. Each time he left. ''He has fallen through the gaps,'' she said. Perkinson said he did not qualify for mental health help because of his drug habit. ''He told me 'there is no place in …
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