Ottagan Addictions Recovery director announces retirement

Ottagan Addictions Recovery director announces retirement
Ottagan Addictions Recovery’s executive director Ralph Edgington plans to retire at the end of the year, according to a statement OAR issued this week.
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Eminem Weighs In On Kanye West-Taylor Swift VMA Incident
In the August issue of Spin magazine, Eminem talks at great length about his battles with prescription pill addiction (something he’s done a time or six as of late), and the road to sobriety that led to his massive Recovery album. But he also sounds off on something completely different: Kanye West’s hijacking of Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards.
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Repeat offender will get addiction treatment, not jail
A man shot while trying to elude a Salem police officer in February will get a chance to turn his life around at a drug treatment program.
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