Archive for October 2025

Portage Police Chief Michael Candiano gave the department’s first social worker, Morgan Kobitka, free rein in creating the new program. Three months later, he’s already calling it a success.

Dr. Ram A. Cnaan is Professor of Social Welfare and Director of the Program for Religion and Social Policy Research at the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Social Policy & Practice.

Through an integrated action of Seap and Seplad, ten female students of Social Work from the largest higher education institution in the northern region will work in prison units in Pará

Substances like psilocybin (found in magic mushrooms) and ayahuasca are now being taken seriously by scientists and doctors, not for the visions they induce, but for the healing potential they possess. Initially, this focused on treating mental health conditions like depression, where currently prescribed drugs only help a minority of patients. But these investigations have now expanded to include diseases driven by inflammation, which psychedelic drugs may help reduce by calming down the immune system.

Lucia das Neves, the council’s cabinet member for health, social care and wellbeing, said: “We recognise the seriousness of the findings and fully accept that mistakes were made, for which we apologise.”

After the parade, we congregated to the right side of the stage. Most nights, I sat down at a table with two Russian girls and a black girl named Snow. I started each shift with a cup of black coffee and a handful of Xenadrine. A month after I’d started taking them, I was up to four pills at a time—double the recommended dose. The effect was something like the revving of an engine or the booting up of a computer. When a group of guys walked in, Snow and I wasted no time.

A man pushes his belongings past trucks during a sweep of a homeless encampment in California. Abruptly displacing residents can be harmful to their physical and mental health.