Heroin Use, Deaths Up in WA, Especially in Youth

Heroin use, deaths up in WA, especially in youth

Filed under: drug addiction treatment act of 2000

Banta-Green found the largest increases in heroin use and abuse in Washington state were outside of metropolitan areas, where drug treatment and awareness are lowest. Overdose deaths from heroin or related prescription drugs more than doubled in …
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HEALTH BRIEFS: Week of June, 10, 2013

Filed under: drug addiction treatment act of 2000

The St. Joseph's Home Health Care and Adult Protective Services have scheduled the fourth annual “Prevention of Elder Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation Conference of the Permian Basin” from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday at Midland College, Carrasco room …
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Report: Santa Fe County facing troubling health issues

Filed under: drug addiction treatment act of 2000

While prescription drug abuse and overdoses have been on the rise, the amount of physical activity by high school students has been waning. The report, compiled jointly by Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center and the county's Health Policy and …
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Seeking to make sense when sentencing

Filed under: drug addiction treatment act of 2000

The federal government, having failed at core functions, such as fairly administering a rational revenue system, acts like a sheriff with attention-deficit disorder, haphazardly criminalizing this and that behavior in order to express righteous alarm …
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