An "alarming rate" of fentanyl and methamphetamine use has fueled an escalating dispute between two gangs in St. Paul, police and community activists say, endangering bystanders and hospitalizing teens with gunshot wounds — and youth in the community relatively new to Minnesota are disproportionately affected. Many young men in those gangs are Karen (pronounced Kuh-Ren), a community of people .
Minnesota teens struggling with drugs or alcohol have few options for help after several treatment centers closed last year. Clinics that prescribed opioid addiction medication shut down in Duluth and Inver Grove Heights in the fall, as did a decades-old residential treatment program in New Ulm. And as 2023 came to an end, so did a nonprofit's drug treatment program for mothers at a St. Louis .
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Lorie Regenold, 54, admits that she still worries about what her son's life will be like when she gets older. Making sure he has a safe place to live requires advocacy and effort, Regenold said.
The community is invited out for a discussion called “Housing Dilemma for Adults with Serious Mental Illnesses. What Happens After Parents Are Gone?” The event is planned for 6:30 p.m.