Kentuckiana Faces Rising Problem of Drug Abuse and Addiction – IU Southeast Horizon
Kentuckiana faces rising problem of drug abuse and addiction – IU Southeast Horizon
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Kentuckiana faces rising problem of drug abuse and addiction
IU Southeast Horizon The program is not specifically designed to treat heroin addiction, but Highbaugh said that 93 percent of the people attending were there for some form of detox treatment for heroin. She said they don't want anything to come in between people and … |
Risks of popular anxiety drugs often overshadowed – 89.3 KPCC
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Risks of popular anxiety drugs often overshadowed
89.3 KPCC He says when he first took the job 15 years ago, about 75 percent of the detox patients were alcoholics, and the rest were drug addicts. Now, he says, 90 percent of them are drug addicts whose drugs of choice often include the combined use of opiates … |
Recent jail deaths raise questions about detox protocols – Newsworks.org
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Recent jail deaths raise questions about detox protocols
Newsworks.org A Bucks County Courier Times and Intelligencer investigation found that over the last six months, two inmates have died while withdrawing from opiates. In response, the county controller is calling for a review of the Bucks County Correctional Facility … |
At hearing, too-familiar tales of heroin’s grip – Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
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At hearing, too-familiar tales of heroin's grip
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle Drescher told a harrowing story of helping her son detox at home recently and last week spending $ 38,250 to place him in a 30-day treatment center in Pennsylvania. Like elsewhere in the state and nation, the Rochester area has seen a marked rise in … |
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