When we think about someone going missing, we often think about the pain left behind when that person is lost. But there's another crisis sweeping through Indigenous communities that is just as impactful. Substance abuse and addiction are taking more and more people from their families and loved ones. Toni Lynn Arcoren shares the story of her addiction and the destruction it has wreaked on her life and those of her children.
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The Department of Justice Journal of Federal Law and Practice is published six times a year by the Executive Office for United States Attorneys. Each issue focuses on a legal or technical topic of interest to attorneys in the United States Department of Justice. The most recent editions examine the MMIP epidemic from a variety of perspectives, and cites studies that examine substance abuse specifically.
You can read the journals here: https://bit.ly/3e3p2M3
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