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Louisville to Pay $160K to Dead Inmate’s Family – the Courier-Journal

Louisville to pay 0K to dead inmate’s family – The Courier-Journal

Louisville to pay $ 160K to dead inmate's family
The Courier-Journal
Dec. 19, 2012 (Photo: Scott Utterback/The Courier-Journal). SHARE 15 CONNECT 5 TWEET 1 COMMENTEMAILMORE. The city has agreed to pay $ 160,000 to the family of a heroin addict who died in 2012 while detoxing at the city jail. Savannah Sparks, 27 …

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Medication an effective tool in fighting addiction – Boston Globe

Medication an effective tool in fighting addiction
Boston Globe
Medication-assisted treatment for opioid addiction has been shown in multiple rigorous clinical trials to increase the likelihood that patients will be able to remain abstinent from the heroin or prescription opioids like oxycodone that fueled their

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Officials gather in Utica to discuss local heroin problem – The Rome Observer

Officials Gather in Utica to Discuss Local Heroin Problem

Officials gather in Utica to discuss local heroin problem
UTICA — Heroin and other opioid addiction is on the rise in New York. On Tuesday, the Senate Joint Task Force held a forum at the State Office Building in Utica.
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Louisville to Pay $160K to Dead Inmate’s Family – the Courier-Journal

Louisville to pay 0K to dead inmate’s family – The Courier-Journal

Louisville to pay $ 160K to dead inmate's family
The Courier-Journal
The city has agreed to pay $ 160,000 to the family of a heroin addict who died in 2012 while detoxing at the city jail. Savannah Sparks, 27, received scant medical attention for days, despite obvious signs of a fierce withdrawal, Louisville Metro Police …

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Ireland has 9615 methadone users but care plans needed to get them drug-free – thejournal.ie


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Ireland has 9615 methadone users but care plans needed to get them drug-free
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Methadone can be provided as a maintenance or detox option for treating heroin addiction. The aim of moving addicts on to methadone is to stabilise the person on methadone or to work towards being drug free in the short or medium term. Earlier this

'Out of Options': Veterans With PTSD Hit Pot Underground

'Out of Options': Veterans with PTSD hit pot underground
And in 12 states where the drug is legal but prohibited for PTSD, many are lying to doctors that they need medical weed for allowable conditions like chronic pain, advocates assert. Meantime, vast numbers of other veterans can't find it, can't afford …
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Event sheds light on area's heroin problem
BURGETTSTOWN State Rep. Jesse White, D-Cecil Township, Pa., teamed up with the Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane's Office to host Thursday's Community Conversation on Heroin Abuse. About 40 community members including local … that there …
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India: Jostling for Geopolitical Control in Afghanistan
In a video recording of a 2011 speech revealed last year by investigative news website Washington Free Beacon, now US defence secretary Chuck Hagel said: 'India for some time has always used Afghanistan as a second front, and India has over the years …
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State Attorney General, Other Officials Discuss Heroin Epidemic

State attorney general, other officials discuss heroin epidemic
ELYRIA — Heroin, an epidemic that has been spreading across the country, seems to have had a devastating effect on Lorain County, so much so that it’s caught the attention of Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine. “(Lorain County) is a county that’s been hit hard but also a county that’s been fighting back,” DeWine said Read More… The post State attorney general, other officials discuss heroin …
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Louisville to Pay $160K to Dead Inmate’s Family – the Courier-Journal

Louisville to pay 0K to dead inmate’s family – The Courier-Journal

Louisville to pay $ 160K to dead inmate's family
The Courier-Journal
SHARECONNECTTWEETCOMMENTEMAILMORE. The city has agreed to pay $ 160,000 to the family of a heroin addict who died in 2012 while detoxing at the city jail. Savannah Sparks, 27, received scant medical attention for days, despite obvious signs of a …

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Save lives by educating on dangers of heroin: Your Say – USA TODAY

Save lives by educating on dangers of heroin: Your Say
USA TODAY
Rapid Opiate Detox. While we concern ourselves with illegal heroin dealers, our legal heroin dealer, Big Pharma, is pushing its synthetic heroin daily, and no one has anything to say about that. — Nathan Rue. I may be alone in this, but if an adult

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