State Working Toward Immediate Access For Drug Abuse Treatment
State Working Toward Immediate Access For Drug Abuse Treatment
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The state of Vermont has been dealing with an increase in the number of people seeking treatment for addiction to prescription drugs and heroin. A new treatment facility opened in South Burlington this fall and another is opening this week in Rutland.
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SUNDAY EXTRA: Prescription drug abuse persists in area counties
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The indicators include prescription drug-related crimes, treatment admissions and overdoses, fatal and nonfatal. Other area counties also ranked in the top half of the list: Wagoner County at No. 14, Cherokee … Under the program, prescription drug …
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The Deadly Side of Prescription Drugs
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Prescription drug abuse and misuse is continuing to rise in Indiana and a new study shows the state is seeing an increase in fatal overdoses resulting from those drugs. Indiana ranks 17th in the nation in prescription drug overdose deaths per every 100 …
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The Power of Prescription Drug Addiction – Dallas Gay shares his family’s tragic story of his grandson’s struggle and loss to drug abuse at a meeting of the Drug Free Coalition of Hall County in Gaine…