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Novus Detox Comments on Recent Study: War Against Drugs Failing; New …
Novus Medical Detox says studies show that the current strategy to deal with drug offenders is failing, and that the best approach is to view addicted individuals not as criminals, but as people who need true rehabilitation. America has been immersed …
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Heroin's death rush at Jersey Shore
Heather Bayer: Drug addiction occurs frequently with mental illness. A lot of times individuals are self-medicating. We definitely have a shortage of detox and inpatient facilities here. Doris Green: The Salvation Army has 150 rehab centers, where they …
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Russian heroin problem
Gennady Onishchenko, Russia's top public-health official, warned darkly last year that the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan could trigger an upsurge in heroin flowing into Russia. Yet despite this, the Russian government has done little to help …
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Long-term methadone use is form of 'State-sponsored social control'
Maintaining drug users on the heroin-replacement drug methadone is a form of State-sponsored social control that substitutes one addictive opiate drug for another, the head of one of Dublin's biggest drug-free rehabilitation projects has said. Irene …
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San Francisco CA Drug Detox Center Announces No Charge Drug & Alcohol …
San Francisco is the fourth most populous city in California after Los Angeles, San Diego and San Jose, and the 14th most populous city in the United States — with a Census-estimated 2012 population of 825,863. The city is also the financial and …
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Bakersfield CA Drug Detox Center Announces No Charge Drug & Alcohol …
It is roughly equidistant between Fresno and Los Angeles, which are 110 miles to the north and south respectively. In the 2010 census, the city's population was 347,483, making it the ninth largest city in California and the 52nd largest city in the …
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Heroin epidemic worsening in Louisville
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — It's a problem in Louisville that isn't going away — in fact, it's getting worse. Ninety-six percent of the detox beds at a local drug recovery center are filled with heroin addicts. Dig through a week's worth of arrest …
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Treating with pharmaceutical grade heroin the best option
On Oct. 3, Rona Ambrose, Canada's Minister of Health, announced she was shutting the door on a compassionate access program that would have provided diacetylmorphine, the active ingredient in heroin, to a group of people for whom all other treatment …
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Heroin: deadliest drug in Oregon
But the city of Portland has only one medicated detox center for the uninsured and despite drug users getting younger, that center only admits patients over the age of 18. Gary Cobb was 15 when he shot heroin for the first time. "I crossed a line once …
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Health law could overwhelm addiction services
In a major break with the past, 4 million people with drug and alcohol problems — from homeless drug addicts to working moms who drink too much — suddenly will become eligible for insurance coverage under the new health care overhaul. The number of …
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No-Cost Drug & Alcohol Detox Help In Albuquerque NM Is Now Available …
Making sure that drug addicts have a safe, effective place to detox is important. If a person is addicted to cocaine, marijuana, heroin, or any other type of drug, then drug detox is an important initial step. Drug detox rids the body of chemical …
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