NEW INFORMATION: Walker Signs Package of Anti-Heroin Bills
NEW INFORMATION: Walker signs package of anti-heroin bills
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“Heroin is starting to make a comeback and we are starting to see signs of it,” Eau Claire EMS Division Chief Jon Schultz said. When an overdose call comes in … John Nygren, a Republican from Marinette, whose daughter has struggled with heroin addiction. Read more on WEAU
The Pressure Cooker of 'August: Osage County' Explodes with Talent
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Sidney Police Arrest Two on Drug Charges
Sidney Police Arrest Two on Drug Charges
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Officers also executed a narcotics search warrant about 9:30 a.m. Friday at 326 W. Parkwood St., Sidney, where police say they found multiple crack pipes and crack cocaine. The resident there, Grant Miller, 45, was arrested and charged with one count … Read more on WRGT TV Fox 45
Rob Ford investigation could hang on a 40-second mystery call
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Despite Obamacare, a Gaping Hole in Addiction Treatment
Despite Obamacare, a gaping hole in addiction treatment
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More than 23 million Americans needed treatment for an alcohol or drug problem in 2012 but only 11% received it, according to estimates from the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Under the decades-old … Read more on WTSP 10 News
New Helpline in Mamakating, NY Provides Substance Abuse Recovery …
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Federal Drug Sentencing Is About to Get Smarter: How the War on Drugs Is …
Federal Drug Sentencing Is About to Get Smarter: How the War on Drugs Is …
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First, the retroactivity of the Fair Sentencing Act (FSA) of 2010, which increased the amounts of crack cocaine that trigger five and 10 year mandatory minimums. The SSA would make the FSA retroactive by allowing federal crack cocaine offenders who … Read more on Huffington Post (blog)
Ex-Bartram Village gang member sentenced to 15 years
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Hinton Policing Committee Exceeds Traffic Safety Targets by 165%
Hinton Policing Committee exceeds traffic safety targets by 165%
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For the four priority areas presented, in community relations, violence, substance abuse and traffic safety, the results exceeded the committee's targets. The policing … Police seized various quantities of cocaine, methamphetamine and marijuana. Not … Read more on Hinton Parklander
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Conflict MMA's Nick Smiley: Overcoming Addiction and Making the Most Out of Life
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Heroin Addiction, Need for Mental Health Services Often Intertwined
Heroin addiction, need for mental health services often intertwined
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Kyle Wirtz shared his story of heroin addiction at a town hall in Solon in October. His fatal February overdose shined a light on … addiction, mental health illness and suicide. Alcohol and drug abuse are the second most frequent risk factors to … Read more on The Plain Dealer
Helpline in Endwell, NY Helps Teens Find Substance Abuse Information
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We Need the Right Tools to Tackle the Overdose Pandemic
We need the right tools to tackle the overdose pandemic
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They are also grandmothers who take too many painkillers, labourers who get addicted after treatment for a back injury, teenagers who raid their parents' medicine cabinet, kids who mistake pills for candy and recreational users who can be anyone from … Read more on The Globe and Mail
Coloring of cola linked to cancer
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Blowing Up Flats but Still in the Red
Blowing up flats but still in the red
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This feeds straight into the market, like crack cocaine, boosting prices by 15-20%. It is why estate agents like Savills are so confident house prices will rise by 18% in … He said that houses were "not nearly affordable" for middle-class people, and … Read more on Herald Scotland
Life-coaching on skid row starts with scrapping the textbook
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Teen Steals 139 Pairs of Underwear and 69 Shirts From Gap, Police Say
Teen Steals 139 Pairs of Underwear and 69 Shirts From Gap, Police Say
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After searching Evans, police found him carrying a straw with cocaine residue, police said. Evans was charged with grand larceny. Information regarding his attorney was not immediately available. ? A man broke into a CVS employee's locker and stole … Read more on DNAinfo
Man Caught on L Train With Box Cutter and Someone Else's Wallet, Police Say
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FDA Approves Easy-to-Use Heroin Overdose Antidote
FDA Approves Easy-to-Use Heroin Overdose Antidote
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The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved an easy-to-use device that automatically injects the right dose of an overdose antidote named naloxone before an ambulance arrives. Doctors could … Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen … Read more on Sci-Tech Today
Inmate deaths raise questions about jail detox procedures
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