Advocates: Heroin use fuels need for addiction service funds
Albany. The early success of a state program that restricts New Yorkers' ability to doctor-shop for prescriptions is fueling a rise in heroin use, addiction treatment providers, patient advocates, legislators and law enforcement officials said Tuesday …
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Women Who Sought Treatment for Drug Addiction at Caron Treatment Centers …
WERNERSVILLE, Pa., March 5, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Heroin and prescription drug addiction are on the rise among affluent women, reveals a new survey from Caron Treatment Centers, a leader and nationally recognized non-profit provider of …
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VA's lack of pain treatment options led to opiate addiction, veteran says
Justin Minyard, an Army infantryman who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, says he became addicted to opiates prescribed by VA doctors to mute chronic back pain that began after he helped in the 9/11 rescue effort at the Pentagon. “There were better …
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