Drug Addiction Treatment Divides Opinions

Drug addiction treatment divides opinions – Deaths and complications are contrasted with personal stories of success as debate surrounds the use of naltrexone implants in treating drug addiction. See m…

Mark Osler, Board of Contributors: Beating drug trafficking means putting …

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How then do we fight a drug like heroin without relying on the incarceration of low-level dealers — a tactic proven to be ineffective at solving the problem? Part of the answer, of course, is education and treatment. But that can't be the whole …
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DuPage County Health Department trains police on life-saving heroin reversal …

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The lesson was part of the department's DuPage Narcan Program, which puts the non-addictive drug Naloxone, or Narcan, in the hands of local police, allowing them to reverse the effects of an opiate overdose. With a rising number … Jorgensen said that …
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Drug sentences all over the map

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Star Tribune exclusive: Despite guidelines meant to make sentences uniform, the punishment for drug offenses depends on where you are, and what judge you face. hide. Christina Wevley was sentenced in Olmsted County to … Judges who frequently depart …
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Heroin Epidemic: Man's suspected overdose death shines light on treatment …

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Christina Delos Reyes, program director of addiction psychiatry at University Hospitals Case Medical Center, said stories like Wirtz's will persist until drug addiction treatment is completely overhauled. Delos Reyes said addiction is treated almost as …
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