Legalising drugs is counterproductive says rehab centre – For more on this and other stories please visit http://www.enca.com/ August 22 – Ashley Potts of the Cape Town Drug Counselling Centre says while legalising …

 

Jail psychologist Catherine McKeehan banned after having sex, baby with 16 …

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During their counselling sessions at Reiby, Ms McKeehan told the boy of her feelings for him and wrote to him saying that "when you get out we can see each other'', "I love you'' and "the only reason I come to work is to see you'', the tribunal said in …
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Drug legalisation debate heats up

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Ashley Potts, of the Cape Town Drug Counselling Centre, said: "Decriminalisation of any substance, poses for us a huge concern, simply because we don't have the infrastructure or capacity to turn around the number of users that will be accessing service.”.
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Kiambu NGO in Drug Fight

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The organisation offers counseling and rehabilitation to alcohol addicts and their wives. "There has emerged too many rehabs but most are only out to make money. Most addicts fro these rehabs revert to their drug-taking habits after some time," said …
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Mother ordered to take counselling

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A New Plymouth mother who punched her 10-year-old son in the face as he got ready for school has been ordered to undertake drug and alcohol counselling. Sarah Francis Purcell, 29, pleaded guilty in the New Plymouth District Court yesterday to …
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