Specialist Task Force Is to Be Put in Place to Help Those Most in Need
Specialist task force is to be put in place to help those most in need
But they insist the work – the first time a single team of people has been used to target all these major problems – will provide a “solid foundation” to help bring some of the disturbing figures around deprivation in the town under control. “We are …
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Detox center opens in Toms River, as six more people die from heroin overdose …
Starting in mid-February, people who struggle with drug addiction will have a new place that they can turn to for help. Sunrise Detox, an inpatient drug and alcohol detox center, opened Wednesday at 16 … Funeral home directors also hand out cards to …
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Hoffman, Heroin, and What Is To Be Done [FEATURE]
There are proven measures that can be taken to reduce overdose deaths — and to enable heroin addicts to live safe and normal lives, whether they cease using heroin or not. … the human realities around heroin addiction and opioid maintenance therapy …
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