Cases of Hepatitis C & heroin use rising

Cases of Hepatitis C & heroin use rising

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LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) – Federal health agencies are calling it an emerging epidemic. Hepatitis C is now attacking a much younger crowd. "We've always thought that the Hepatitis C epidemic was something that had already peaked," said Dr. Bennet Cecil of …
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Officials shed light on consequences of "smurfing"

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JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. (WDRB) — Statistics from the Drug Enforcement Administration show Indiana had the second highest amount of meth labs in the country last year. City, county and state officials said they want to help Hoosiers combat this problem.
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Project: Homeless | Coordinated approaches save millions of dollars

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Louisville and Dayton, Ohio — which have similar numbers of homeless people — have developed targeted approaches to go after the most costly users of homeless services — the chronically homeless. And initial data shows that they could be saving …
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