Loss of Son to Heroin Overdose Inspires Crusade

Loss of son to heroin overdose inspires crusade

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The dads formed the Heroin Epidemic Relief Organization, or HERO, a charity whose goals include raising awareness and providing support for addicts and families. "I call it the epidemic no one is talking about," Roberts said.… Continue reading

Heroin at the Shore: Rehab Centers Struggle to Keep Up With Demand

Heroin at the Shore: Rehab centers struggle to keep up with demand

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It costs $ 49,000 a year to put a drug user in prison, but $ 24,000 for treatment to help them stay clean through an expansion of the state's drug court… Continue reading

Fort Worth TX Drug Detox Center Announces No Charge Drug & Alcohol

Fort Worth TX Drug Detox Center Announces No Charge Drug & Alcohol

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Medical Drug Detox Center is announcing that immediate, free drug and alcohol detoxification consultations are now available in Fort Worth, TX. For anyone in the Fort Worth area that believes getting… Continue reading

Governor Brown Issues Legislative Update

Governor Brown Issues Legislative Update

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AB 635 by Assemblymember Tom Ammiano (D-San Francisco) – Drug overdose treatment: liability. AB 647 by Assemblymember Wesley … Criminal offenders: rehabilitation. SB 534 by Senator Ed Hernandez (D-West Covina) – Health and care facilities.
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Wyoming Calendar for October 19, 2013

Wyoming Calendar for October 19, 2013

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Oct. 23, 6 p.m., Law Week program: University of Utah Law Professor Bob Keiter, “Unimpaired: The Evolution of the National Park Idea,” College of Law, Room 178. …. The Wyoming Territorial Prison State Historic Park is located… Continue reading

Will a Detox Center in NYC Help Someone Detox From Methadone?

Question by matthew schraud: Will a detox center in NYC help someone detox from methadone?
I’ve been on methadone treatment for over a year because of a heroin addiction. I want to get off it because i want to go into a program for alcoholics but they dont accept… Continue reading

Cancer Society, Researchers Look Back on Decades' Worth of Progress in Fight

Cancer society, researchers look back on decades' worth of progress in fight

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When U.S. Surgeon General Luther Terry released a groundbreaking report in 1964 linking smoking to cancer, the disease was a whispered word – and a likely death sentence. In the… Continue reading

Ohio Judge Tries Drug to Rehabilitate Addicted Inmates

Ohio judge tries drug to rehabilitate addicted inmates

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That means you are a 75 percent failure," Butler County Sheriff Richard K. Jones said of the results of Warren County's pilot program that ended last year. "We stopped all drug rehab programs and drug classes, alcohol… Continue reading