Heroin Addicts Face Barriers to Treatment – Salon

Heroin addicts face barriers to treatment – Salon


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Heroin addicts face barriers to treatment
Salon
Of the 23.1 million Americans who needed treatment for drugs or alcohol in 2012, only 2.5 million people received aid at a specialty facility, according to the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Heroin addicts are a

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Caught dealing painkillers at Seattle Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, Vietnam … – seattlepi.com

Caught dealing painkillers at Seattle Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, Vietnam
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Among the drugs Shepard sold were narcotics – oxycodone, hydrocodone, morphine and methadone – that many of the treatment clients were presumably hoping to break away from. Law enforcement agents searched the center in March 2013, seizing drugs …

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Vet who sold painkillers at addicts’ meetings looks for mercy – KOMO News


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Vet who sold painkillers at addicts' meetings looks for mercy
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Shepard owned the non-profit center, which hosted Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous meetings. Undercover officers posed as addicts in treatment to gain Shepard's trust. While Shepard refused to sell the drugs … Among the drugs Shepard sold

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Ralph Garth: Former junkie turned pastor to the unwanted, the unloved – al.com (blog)

Ralph Garth: Former junkie turned pastor to the unwanted, the unloved
al.com (blog)
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama – I waited near the back of the room for what Pastor Ralph Garth assured me would be an audience of recovering addicts – heroin addicts, crack addicts, alcoholics. I waited as one person after another made their way in to listen to …

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California Psychiatrist Helps Develop Integrated Substance Abuse Care – Psychiatric News

California Psychiatrist Helps Develop Integrated Substance Abuse Care
Psychiatric News
So Cabaj created a set of guidelines for treating alcohol and substance abuse disorders and for treating withdrawal. At the same time, one of his staff was doing research on buprenorphine, which was demonstrating superior effectiveness to methadone—an …

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