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Inmate Deaths Raise Questions About Jail Detox Procedures – the Intelligencer

Inmate deaths raise questions about jail detox procedures – The Intelligencer

Inmate deaths raise questions about jail detox procedures
The Intelligencer
Among 245 U.S. jails that responded to a 2005 survey on access and management of opiate dependency among inmates more than half reported they routinely assessed individuals for opiate dependency, but many failed to use recommended opiate detox …

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Opiate Detox – Google News

Heroin bills signed into law – hngnews.com

Heroin bills signed into law
hngnews.com
Jagler served as the lead co-sponsor of Assembly Bill 701, which will create opiate stabilization centers in underserved, high-need areas. These centers house programs that are licensed as medically monitored residential detoxification services

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Opiate Detox – Google News

Two deaths too many – Bucks County Courier Times

Heroin Addicts Face Barriers to Treatment Across US

Heroin addicts face barriers to treatment across US
The doctors shook their heads: Heroin withdrawal is not life-threatening, they said, and we can't admit you. … Advocates say they are not, partly because the insurance industry has not come to grips with the dangers of heroin withdrawal and its …
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Heroin use taking a toll on Pennsylvania
Heroin's reputation in the 1970s was "a really hard-core, dangerous street drug, a killer drug, but there's a whole generation who didn't grow up with that kind of experience with heroin," said New York City Special Narcotics Prosecutor Bridget Brennan …
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Inmate deaths raise questions about jail detox procedures
An autopsy found she had a fatal cardiac arrest during detox, making her the second inmate to die during opiate detoxification at the jail in less than six months. In October, Philadelphia resident Valene Karaharisis, 29, was going through heroin detox …
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Inmate Deaths Raise Questions About Jail Detox Procedures – the Intelligencer

Inmate deaths raise questions about jail detox procedures – The Intelligencer

Inmate deaths raise questions about jail detox procedures
The Intelligencer
Among 245 U.S. jails that responded to a 2005 survey on access and management of opiate dependency among inmates more than half reported they routinely assessed individuals for opiate dependency, but many failed to use recommended opiate detox …

and more »

Opiate Detox – Google News

Heroin bills signed into law – hngnews.com

Heroin bills signed into law
hngnews.com
Jagler served as the lead co-sponsor of Assembly Bill 701, which will create opiate stabilization centers in underserved, high-need areas. These centers house programs that are licensed as medically monitored residential detoxification services

and more »

Opiate Detox – Google News

New device could make heroin overdose antidote more readily available – The Sentinel

Inmate Deaths Raise Questions About Jail Detox Procedures – the Intelligencer

Inmate deaths raise questions about jail detox procedures – The Intelligencer

Inmate deaths raise questions about jail detox procedures
The Intelligencer
Among 245 U.S. jails that responded to a 2005 survey on access and management of opiate dependency among inmates more than half reported they routinely assessed individuals for opiate dependency, but many failed to use recommended opiate detox …

and more »

Opiate Detox – Google News

Heroin bills signed into law – hngnews.com

Heroin bills signed into law
hngnews.com
Jagler served as the lead co-sponsor of Assembly Bill 701, which will create opiate stabilization centers in underserved, high-need areas. These centers house programs that are licensed as medically monitored residential detoxification services

and more »

Opiate Detox – Google News

New device could make heroin overdose antidote more readily available – The Sentinel

Inmate Deaths Raise Questions About Jail Detox Procedures – the Intelligencer

Inmate deaths raise questions about jail detox procedures – The Intelligencer

Inmate deaths raise questions about jail detox procedures
The Intelligencer
Among 245 U.S. jails that responded to a 2005 survey on access and management of opiate dependency among inmates more than half reported they routinely assessed individuals for opiate dependency, but many failed to use recommended opiate detox …

and more »

Opiate Detox – Google News

New device could make heroin overdose antidote more readily available – The Sentinel

New device could make heroin overdose antidote more readily available
The Sentinel
“In 2013, the number of people entering Cumberland County Prison who needed to undergo Opiate Detox exceeded 450,” Freed added. “Not only is that a huge number, it is double the number of people who needed alcohol detox. That's a staggering and …

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Opiate Detox – Google News

Boston’s only public methadone clinic may shut – Boston Globe

Heroin Spreads Misery Across US

Heroin spreads misery across US
A drug addict prepares a needle to inject himself with heroin in May 13 in front of a church in the Skid Row area of Los Angeles. The death of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman in February 2014 spotlighted the reality that heroin is no longer limited to the …
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U.S. Food and Drug Administration Approves Kaleo's EVZIO™ for the
EVZIO should be administered as quickly as possible when an opioid overdose is suspected because prolonged respiratory depression may result in damage to the central nervous system or death. …. Abrupt reversal of opioid effects in persons who were …
Read more on PR Newswire (press release)