Nonprofits and a state representative are bringing presenters on ACEs and their impacts on Oklahomans to the Capitol for an interim study.
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“It is so important that they learn to have fun without getting high or drunk,” Maddox said. “That’s the challenge. For so many, that’s what they did.”
“It is so important that they learn to have fun without getting high or drunk,” Maddox said. “That’s the challenge. For so many, that’s what they did.”
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420: Data shows marijuana isn’t Oklahoma’s problem drug
Though marijuana is a hot topic in Oklahoma, the state’s most dangerous drugs aren’t necessarily found on the street.
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City Council approves more adult patient beds for an eastside facility
Oklahoma City Police Chief Bill Citty not only argued in favor of the facility but said more mental health treatment beds are needed across the city.
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What’s to hide?
Joey Senat, author of Mass Communication in Oklahoma and associate professor of journalism at Oklahoma State University, said divorce filings are as much a public record as lawsuits and criminal charges.“Divorce records are not private and are included in the public court system,” he said. Senat’s comments come on the heels of a legal battle […]
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Sober school
Janet Oden and Mike Maddox Credit: Mark Hancock Now in its seventh year, Mission Academy is a project of Teen Recovery Solutions, formerly known as the Oklahoma Outreach Foundation. The fully accredited, private high school is designed for teens emerging from treatment for drug and alcohol abuse. “Some concerned citizens discovered that kids who came […]
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And speaking of pigs …
We will say this for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals: They know how to take advantage of a photo op. When a national survey last week projected that two-thirds of Oklahomans will be obese by 2030 if current trends continue, PETA wasted no time rolling out a billboard that the group plans to […]
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Animal kingdom
Louisa McCune-Elmore Credit: Mark Hancock Oklahoma City’s Kirkpatrick Foundation is kicking off an ambitious initiative — to make Oklahoma the safest place to be an animal by 2032 — tonight by hosting worldrenowned philosopher and animal ethicist Bernard Rollin to lecture at the Oklahoma City Community Foundation. His lecture will conclude a day of discussion […]