Opiate Addiciton on the Rise in Morongo Basin
Opiate addiciton on the rise in Morongo Basin
Chaffee said the Morongo Basin lacks any detox treatment or residential treatment facilities, making efforts toward sobriety difficult for residents. “There isn't a facility up here that will detox them, that's the problem,” he said. “We've referred …
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VA's opiate overload feeds veterans' addictions, overdose deaths
His orders: detox from a brutal addiction to painkillers. He had only the clothes on his back, his watch, an MP3 player and a two-page pain contract the Army made him sign, … Last year, for example, doctors at the VA hospital in rural southern Oregon …
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Addicts promote treatment, recovery
For Joyce Sabin-Rescia of Northampton, the occasion is bittersweet. “My 18-year-old son Matthew struggled from heroin addiction from age 15 and he was in and out of detox and treatment,” said Sacin-Rescia. “He relapsed and died November 21, 2000.”.
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