Drug Addiction Centers Face Uphill Struggle

Published December 1, 2013

Drug addiction centers face uphill struggle
MENAHRA, he said, focuses its efforts on promoting a more “humane” approach to drug addiction. They advocate clean needle programs in which users receive sterile syringes and the use of opioid substitution therapy to wean users off drugs. Some …
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Eastern Kentucky drug epidemic has reshaped communities
HARLAN, Ky. (AP) — Kateena Haynes has seen how prescription drug abuse has reshaped Eastern Kentucky. The director of the Harlan County Boys and Girls Club told The Lexington Herald-Leader (http://bit.ly/1cTEHEL) that two winters ago, the parents of …
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Drug Summit Organizers Hope To Develop Action Plan
Almost 30 legal and medical professionals and substance abuse treatment experts will be among the speakers for the first all- day summit Tuesday to address community concerns about prescription drug and heroin use. The summit will be held from 9 a. m …
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