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At the age of 12, Peter (not his real name) started smoking marijuana on weekends and after school. As time passed, he smoked it before, during and after school. And by the time he was 14, Peter found himself in Junior Training School on Paget Island...
DATE: Oct 19, 1995
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No one plans to be addicted and no one plans to lose their health and self-respect, not to mention family and friends. But it happens. And it happens all the time.
Drug and alcohol addiction does not discriminate. It can be found in the white communi...
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The doors to recovery for women who abuse substances opened at the Fair Havens Christian Care Centre on Victoria Street in Hamilton in June of 1993. An agency of The Council Partners, Fair Havens was established in response to drug consultant Dr. Dav...
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The drug problem in Bermuda continues to grow with more young people than ever now doing drugs, according to head of narcotics, Chief Inspector Norrell Hull.
"We have a completely new generation of drug users and the fact that they're exposed to hard...
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involvement substance abuse prevention programme based on four strategies including personal growth, education and information, community involvement and drug free fun. The programme, which was adapted in Bermuda through Diana Corday and Calvin Ming ...
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with a common bond -- parenthood -- were sponsored by the Council on Alcohol & Drug Abuse (CADA), to attend the PRIDE conference in Atlanta, Georgia.
Upon their return, four members of the group including Diana Corday, Wendy Lambert, Vaughn Harvey an...
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PRIDE has recently launched Parent to Parent, a video based programme made up of eight sessions to provide parents with concrete skills they can implement in the home, according to coordinator Miss Margaret Swift. Its purpose is to motivate parents t...
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A leading expert in international crime Mr. Lee Lamothe recently said Bermuda is ripe to become one of the world's great offshore havens for laundering money. But bankers were quick to refute his claims and quell any community fears. "There's been no...
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Focus, one of the five agencies under the umbrella of the Council Partners, strives to help people with addiction problems improve their lives by renewing self esteem and gaining their high school or trade school diploma. The agency's mission is to p...
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Lions Quest, one of the five agencies of the Council Partners, was first introduced to Bermuda in 1984. Hamilton Lions member Mr. Joe Ferreira saw the introduction of a programme, which would give students the life skills to make the right decisions,...
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