Drug Users in Australia Being Trained to Inject Life-Saving Medication …

Published September 7, 2013

Drug users in Australia being trained to inject life-saving medication …

Filed under: drug addiction treatments

Drug users in Australia are being trained how to inject a potentially life-saving medication in a bid to prevent people from dying from overdoses. Naloxone, also known as Narcan, has been used by paramedics for years and can act rapidly to reverse the …
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Dallas County's DIVERT program provides intense supervision in substance …

Filed under: drug addiction treatments

The court is for people facing a first-time state jail or third-degree felony drug charge. Participants, who pay $ 1,040, must be in need of inpatient or outpatient treatment for a substance abuse problem. The program includes a judge, attorneys, case …
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