ACROSS THE NATION
Port Antonio, PORTLAND: In celebrating its 110th anniversary, the local branch of the Jamaica Agriculture Society (JAS) held a prayer breakfast in Portland to commemorate the occasion earlier this week.
VOLUNTEER TODAY - Growing cases of drug addiction
"A CLIENT once told me, that while he was on the job (he was a bus driver), he felt an uncontrolled urge to smoke some crack. He stopped the bus, told the passengers he was getting off for a few minutes, walked into a crack house and inhaled...
Rocky's journey - A tale of a teenager's affair with crack cocaine
'ROCKY' IS a substance abuse client at a drug rehabilitation treatment facility in Jamaica. His counsellor gave him an assignment to prepare an essay, which tells the full tale of his life's journey.
Gleaner helps the YMCA
YMCA GENERAl Secretary, Sarah Newland-Martin, is reporting that 30 people, some as young as 15, have volunteered after reading a Volunteer Today article on the 'Y' published in July.
VOLUNTEER OF THE WEEK - Working for the mentally unstable
IN 1985 when the crack cocaine epidemic began ravaging Jamaica, Howard Gough was at the centre of the solution. Mr. Gough is now the counselling psychologist and manager of Patricia House drug rehabilitation centre.
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