Addiction Treatment: Kentucky Works to Give Addicted Inmates Treatment While Still Behind Bars – the Courier-Journal

Kentucky works to give addicted inmates treatment while still behind bars – The Courier-Journal
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Kentucky works to give addicted inmates treatment while still behind bars
The Courier-Journal
Marion County jail is doing several programs aimed at getting people off substance abuse treatment. Brigette Smith, from Carrolton, Ky. is in jail for burglery, possesion, wanton endangerment, and stolen property. She is in the substance abuse

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Heroin appeals to addicts hooked on pain pills – KVAL
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Heroin appeals to addicts hooked on pain pills
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Walter Rosental, Program Supervisor for Lane Counties Methadone Treatment Program said he saw a rise in heroin about 5 years about when the economy became difficult. Nearly 75 percent of their patients are seeking treatment for heroin addiction.

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Does Carroll County have a drug problem? – Canton Repository
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Does Carroll County have a drug problem?
Canton Repository
Dave Schaffer, director of the Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services Board of Tuscarawas and Carroll counties, said it's no coincidence recent drug arrests have coincided with another growing trend: more adults seeking treatment for heroin

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Nine Network hosts town hall on heroin addiction among young people – St. Louis Beacon
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Nine Network hosts town hall on heroin addiction among young people
St. Louis Beacon
A live audience heard stories from recovering addicts, parents who have lost children to overdoses, and treatment officials seeking to educate young people about the dangers of heroin while trying to find resources to help those already addicted. In

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Panel examines link between chronic pain, prescription drug abuse – Naples Daily News
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Panel examines link between chronic pain, prescription drug abuse
Naples Daily News
Michael Demask, the executive director of the Hazelden Addiction Treatment Center in Naples, said he became addicted to pain pills following a car crash when he was in his 30s. He quit cold turkey in a treatment facility and hasn't looked back. "I'm

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