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Twenty One and in jail. Momma, don’t bail him out!

by Dennis Beaver | drug use, dui - drunk driving

January 12, 2013 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver There is no instruction manual, no class, no test to pass before becoming a parent. All of us who have children are going to make some mistakes in how we raise them. Love and the need to nurture and protect...

Want to quit drinking? Dump your friends

by Dennis Beaver | drug use, dui - drunk driving

May 31, 2014   •  By Dennis Beaver “Dennis, I’ve read your column since it first appeared in my town’s newspaper, over 20 years ago. In one of your articles, the person interviewed made so much sense about why alcoholics must get away from their drinking friends. “My...

Who is better? Public defender or private counsel

by Dennis Beaver | drug use, lawyers

December 31, 2021 • By Dennis Beaver 
 “Mr. Beaver, should we hire a private attorney or insist that our son, ‘Tom,’ just ask for a public defender for his possession of a controlled substance charge? He was arrested with several other young men in a car that had...
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