Keene seeks grants to fund its drug court for 3 years

Keene seeks grants to fund its drug court for 3 years

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Once accepted into the program, offenders would receive treatment for their addiction, work either through employment or a volunteer position, go to therapy several times a week, appear before the drug court once a week and be subjected to random drug …
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ER visits tied to energy drinks double in 4 years, study finds

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Emergency physician Steve Sun soon found the patient was so dehydrated he was going into kidney failure — one of many troubling cases Sun says he has treated in recent years tied to energy drink consumption. Sun's changing caseload appears in line …
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Doctors to reduce painkiller prescriptions

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Based on 2010 figures from the National Centre for Education and Training on Addiction, in a single year demand for subsidised subscriptions for two types of popular pain pills – oxycodone and fentanyl – cost taxpayers an extra $ 18 million. The two …
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