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 … |
Help wanted: Personal tales show few detox options for local heroin addicts – Palladium-Item
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Help wanted: Personal tales show few detox options for local heroin addicts
Palladium-Item Bobbie Jo Rains, 28, left, and roommate Kayla Pauly, 24, at Cross Road Christian Recovery Center for Women. Rains is putting her life back together after heroin addiction and time in prison for crimes she committed. / Robert Sullivan/Palladium-Item … |
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 – Bucks County Courier Times
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Inmate deaths raise questions about jail detox procedures
Bucks County Courier Times 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 … |
In ‘Sober Houses,’ Heroin Addicts Learn to Help Themselves –