Treatment, not prison, urged for addictions
BOSTON — State Rep. Randy Hunt proposed Tuesday that Massachusetts follow his home state's lead and adopt a softer side of Texas justice: putting nonviolent drug offenders into treatment rather than behind bars. In a hearing before the Joint Committee …
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The War Within: Portraits of Vietnam Veterans Fighting Heroin Addiction
Caption from LIFE. "The tears that rolled down Chad Harris's cheeks were partly a symptom of withdrawal: he hadn't had a fix in 14 hours. But he was also crying out of fear that he wouldn't be accepted into the drug treatment program at California's …
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2 arrested for selling Suboxone, a drug created to treat addiction
WAPPINGERS FALLS — Two Dutchess County residents were arrested for trying to sell Suboxone, a drug prescribed to treat opiate addiction, the Dutchess County Sheriff's Office announced. Town of Wappinger resident Dillon Farmer, 22, and Town of …
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