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Heroin blighting our streets: Teesside's heroin record 'one of country's worst'
Cleveland Police had the third highest rate of heroin seizures across the country and the fourth highest rate of methadone seizures – almost double the previous year. The amount of ecstasy found during drugs raids and searches rose from 105 doses in …
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Alcohol & Drug Rehab Edmonton Launches Program Aimed at Helping High …
Statistics from the Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse indicate that "48.1 percent of ninth-graders report using alcohol in the past year, 58.2 percent for 10th-graders, and 75.1 percent for 12th-graders." Obviously, the statistics indicate that …
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Opiate addiction on Martha's Vineyard hits home
While hard statistics on Island drug use are scarce, the general consensus at a recent grand rounds meeting — the weekly gathering of doctors at the Martha's Vineyard Hospital — is that addiction is highly prevalent here. In recent years there have …
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Fighting addiction with a pill has potential for abuse, officials say – Mansfield News Journal

Fighting addiction with a pill has potential for abuse, officials say Mansfield News Journal Combined with traditional therapy, studies have shown that buprenorphine is as effective a tool as methadone in opiate addiction recovery, according to the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. However, unlike methadone … and more »

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WA country hospitals failing to properly safeguard drugs – Perth Now

WA country hospitals failing to properly safeguard drugs Perth Now An internal audit, obtained under Freedom of Information laws, shows that Schedule 4R and Schedule 8 drugs were still being inadequately controlled by the WA Country Health Service two years after a damn¬ing report alleging drug abuse, theft, and …

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LACED WISDOM: Tackling the stigma around addiction vital in our fight against … – Kawartha Media Group

LACED WISDOM: Tackling the stigma around addiction vital in our fight against … Kawartha Media Group And while a critical component is focusing on our overdose problem (far too high), educating teens about true dangers of drug use (thanks in part to speaks who they can relate to), and continuing a course designed to improve communication within …

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A Pill to Cure Addiction?
In 2011, more than 21 million Americans needed treatment for a problem related to alcohol or drugs, according to the federal government's most recent National Survey on Drug Use and Health. Many try to quit, but studies show 60% or … And while …
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Lost Boy: The death of Darcy Allan Sheppard
“One of the ways that people would cope with abuse in residential schools or subsequent abuse is through use of drugs and alcohol and a number of children whose parents went to residential school or whose grandparents went to residential school are …
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Police threaten complaint as calls mount at the commons – Portland Tribune

Police threaten complaint as calls mount at the commons Portland Tribune From the start, residents have known they can keep their apartments for life even if they never pay rent, and that drug use and drinking in those apartments will be tolerated if kept behind closed doors. But, according to several residents and visitors …

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Accused baby murderer granted bond, but defendant’s attorney says family … – Hickory Daily Record

Read more... Accused baby murderer granted bond, but defendant's attorney says family … Hickory Daily Record Lail remains in jail under that bond as well as a previously set $ 250,000 bond for four counts of felony intentional child abuse inflicting serious injury. Lail has been in custody since his arrest May 3, the day he called police to the home he shared …

How to Save a Life leads addicts to recovery resources
Depending on the addict's finances and whether health insurance comes into play, the group makes calls to place the addict in the appropriate treatment center. If the addict doesn't have … Methadone is a drug used to help addicts withdraw from opiates.
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Police ban persistent beggars, rough sleepers and shoplifters from Waterloo …
Posters explaining the 'withdrawal of implied permission' (WIP) scheme appeared at Waterloo shortly before Christmas. According to the BTP, begging, shoplifting, alcohol-related crime and disorder and persistent … People subject to a WIP order are …
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