Posts Tagged ‘drug and alcohol’
Legislation to Address Growing Heroin Use Making Progress to Becoming Law – Wausau Daily Herald
Legislation to address growing heroin use making progress to becoming law – Wausau Daily Herald
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Legislation to address growing heroin use making progress to becoming law
Wausau Daily Herald The vote in the state Assembly on a package of bills to address heroin abuse and related crimes defied the usual party line voting to pass 96-0 about two weeks ago. The four bills covering heroin opiate prevention and education legislation, nicknamed … |
Heroin Addiction – Google News
Editorial: Heroin crisis demands a better treatment system – MetroWest Daily News
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Editorial: Heroin crisis demands a better treatment system
MetroWest Daily News Now there's a new heroin epidemic, and this one isn't limited to big cities. Heroin use has shot up in small cities in the Midwest and rural areas such as upstate New York. There are no big cities in Vermont, but Gov. Peter Shumlin devoted his recent … Heroin and pill abuse stir a battle cry in Vermont |
Heroin Grips Region, State
Heroin grips region, state
They came out the other side of heroin addiction and are now part of a pilot program funded by Mental Health and Recovery Board of Allen, Auglaize and Hardin Counties attempting to get a handle on the epidemic of heroin abuse in the region and state …
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New Drug and Alcohol Treatment Center Maryland Addiction Recovery Center …
New mental health & substance abuse benefits of Affordable Care Act aid new program in offering drug and alcohol treatment to more people in the state of Maryland. … Maryland Addiction Recovery Center is a dual diagnosis treatment program and offers …
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Walworth County District Attorney to Focus on Combating Heroin 'epidemic'
Walworth County district attorney to focus on combating heroin 'epidemic'
Defendants in OWI Court fulfill their sentence while detoxing. In return, they learn how to leave their destructive lifestyles behind and start fresh through bi-weekly meetings, random drug and alcohol testing and individual counseling, Behl said. The …
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Heroin Use Is Up In N.H. Has It Affected Where You Live?
Captain Mike Swartz of Portmouth police says they're running tests on heroin samples out of concern that there may be a tainted or unusually potent form of the drug moving around the city, but he says it will take time to determine exactly what happened.
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N.H. Heroin Use Reaches ‘epidemic’ Level – Press Herald
N.H. heroin use reaches ‘epidemic’ level – Press Herald
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N.H. heroin use reaches 'epidemic' level
Press Herald The Associated Press. PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — One of three heroin overdose victims rushed to the hospital in the span of 24 hours has died, according to Portsmouth police, and law enforcement officials say heroin use statewide is growing at an alarming rate. Portsmouth police say 1 dead of overdose, heroin spikes |
Heroin Addiction – Google News
Hope in the heart of Hemel Hempstead after heroin use ‘horror story’ – Hemel Gazette
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Hope in the heart of Hemel Hempstead after heroin use 'horror story'
Hemel Gazette But for the 2,000 people with drug and alcohol-related problems who use the nine Spectrum support services across Herts, Christmas was a time of gruelling perseverance, and January the chance to reclaim the lives they have lost to addiction. |
Heroin Deaths More Than Doubled in Boulder County in 2013
Heroin deaths more than doubled in Boulder County in 2013
Six people died of heroin overdoses in both 2011 and 2012. The spike in deaths point to a surge in use of the drug that can quickly claim the lives of users. "Every heroin addict I have talked to has started their addiction with pills," said Longmont …
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BC struggles with how to treat the most severe of mentally ill drug addicts
Combine untreated addiction with homelessness and physical health problems, and you get a health emergency. Vancouver police and the region's health authorities are desperately trying to figure out how to help the most vulnerable of mentally ill drug …
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RI Had 22 Fatal ODs This Month, Twice Normal Rate
RI had 22 fatal ODs this month, twice normal rate
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — There have been 22 accidental fatal drug overdoses across Rhode Island in the first two weeks of the year, twice the normal rate, health officials said Friday. Many of the … Stenning said relapse is common, but people can and do …
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He beat booze and drugs, now he's saving others
A shoulder-length pony tail sits behind a craggily, at times stern face – the chief executive officer of Watershed Drug and Alcohol Recovery and Education Centre looks every bit the part of someone who has fought their own battles against addiction and …
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