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 – NPR (blog)
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Risks Of Popular Anxiety Drugs Often Overshadowed
NPR (blog) 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 … |
‘Wicked Sober’ Connects Addicts and Their Families With the Right Resources – Boston magazine’s Boston Daily (blog)
Boston magazine’s Boston Daily (blog) |
'Wicked Sober' Connects Addicts and Their Families With the Right Resources
Boston magazine’s Boston Daily (blog) Soon after, as the habit to use Oxycontin became too expensive, he turned to heroin to keep his withdrawal symptoms in check—a sequence of abuse that's all too familiar for those addicted to the drug. Now on the mend for half a decade, Duggan, a … |
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 … |