Healthy Families Healthy Homes Prescription Drug Abuse

Healthy Families Healthy Homes Prescription Drug Abuse – Dr. Manuel Colons job as a pain specialist is to make sure his patients are not living with pain. Prescription drugs is a big part of my job says Colon. But …

Law enforcement addresses rising use of heroin

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Wilkinson is part of the group that will look into reducing the level of harm for drug users. He said it involves “outside-the-box thinking” that acknowledges drug use is occurring outside the view of law enforcement. Efforts along these lines could …
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Tomah man sentenced to prison

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MADISON — A Tomah man whose drug problem led him to steal guns from his grandparents was sentenced Tuesday in federal court to 37 months in prison and placed on three years supervised release. Shelton T. Hughes, 23, was charged in January in …
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Drug Overdose Deaths Are Increasing Pretty Much Everywhere

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The rate of drug overdose deaths has increased from roughly 4 per 100,000 people in 1990 to 12 per 100,000 people in 2008, the latest year for which the CDC has data available. … “In some rural areas like those in Appalachia, this is a huge problem.
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Novel therapies for nicotine, heroin, and gambling addiction show promise

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Studies released today suggest promising new treatments for nicotine and heroin addiction, and further our understanding of pathological gambling and heroin abuse in those suffering chronic pain. This new knowledge, released at Neuroscience 2013, the …
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