Local Veteran Leads the Push for Smoother Homecomings

Published April 11, 2013

Local veteran leads the push for smoother homecomings

Filed under: drug treatment program statistics

Eventually, he found a new life in Carbondale after going through the residential substance abuse treatment program at the Jaywalker Lodge. “I'm one of the lucky ones, because I …. The statistics are one thing, McCabe said. Doing something about it …
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Senator says sheriff's death is call to fight drug abuse in southern WV

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The legislation, which passed the body unanimously, focuses on wider access to substance abuse treatment programs as a way to curb the future growth of the prison population. “I think all the statistics will bear out, about 80 percent of the folks that …
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Prescription drug abuse a vicious cycle in W.Va.

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Prescription drug abuse in the United States has been rising steadily since 1992, and West Virginia leads the nation in prescription drug abuse statistics. The state has 25.8 abusers per 100,000, … To combat this problem, the West Virginia Board of …
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