Heroin Epidemic Exposes Deficiencies in Care System – Boston Globe
Heroin epidemic exposes deficiencies in care system – Boston Globe
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Heroin epidemic exposes deficiencies in care system
Boston Globe That includes beds in inpatient detox services, short-term post-detox services, and recovery homes where substance abusers receive long-term treatment designed to help them lead drug-free, independent lives. The Department of Public Health said it … |
For Heroin Treatment, Testing A New Drug And ‘Peddling Hope’ – WBUR
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For Heroin Treatment, Testing A New Drug And 'Peddling Hope'
WBUR For years, the jail's medical director, Steve Descoteaux, and his team would help inmates detox, get health insurance and counseling, connect them to a recovery program, and set up a treatment appointment for the day of their release. “Just about all … |
Inmate deaths raise questions about jail detox procedures – The Intelligencer
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Inmate deaths raise questions about jail detox procedures
The Intelligencer In her third day of heroin detox in the Bucks County prison on March 22, Marlene Yarnall received the scheduled doses of medications to ease her withdrawal symptoms around 8:15 a.m., according to a prison administrator. For the next three hours … |
Ethan’s story, Part 3: ‘Addiction never stops and I will live with this for … – MassLive.com
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Ethan's story, Part 3: 'Addiction never stops and I will live with this for …
MassLive.com It took four years of being hooked on pain pills and a month of cycling through brutal withdrawal symptoms from a consuming heroin addiction, but Ethan was finally ready to get clean. What would follow throughout his early 20s was a nearly four-year … |
Celebrity Drug Addicts – Celebrity Drug Use and addiction runs rampant amongst actors and musicians. Lindsay Lohan talks about Rehab. Matthew Perry opens up a Sober Living house. Plu…