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The New York Times "We have these people sending us their children to get healthy, and they are leaving in ambulances and body bags." — Dave Aronberg, the state attorney for Palm Beach County, Florida
Haven for Recovering Addicts Now Profits From Their Relapses
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Delray Beach, Fla., was once a godsend for substance abusers. But now, a sprawl of fraudulent outpatient centers capitalize on addicts’ thwarted recoveries.
105 months ago
Business Insider Cold turkey isn't the only solution for addicts.
This rehab program gives addicts marijuana — and it's part of a transformation in drug treatment
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High Shttps://read.bi/2nzI28Wobriety, a Los Angeles rehab facility, gives addicts cannabis. Addiction scientists are also exploring alternatives to abstinence-only programs like AA.
108 months ago
CBS News Opioid addicts are found to be popping anywhere from 50 to 300 pills of this per day.
119 months ago
HuffPost Politics In Vermont, a state of about 626,000, almost 500 addicts are on waiting lists to receive medication for opioid dependence.
Waiting Lists Grow For Medicine To Fight Opioid Addiction
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Almost 500 opioid addicts are waitlisted to receive medical treatment for their dependence.
121 months ago
CBS News About two million Americans are hooked on prescription painkillers. In 2012, 259 million prescriptions were written -- that's one bottle for every American adult. CBS News went to West Virginia, a state that is attempting a drastic solution: allowing Read more ... addicts to sue the doctors who got them hooked.
West Virginia allows painkiller addicts to sue prescribing doctors
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The DEA is investigating dozens of doctors throughout the state of West Virginia, where painkiller addicts are now suing the doctors who got them hooked
123 months ago
HuffPost Impact People started to report that naloxone was preventing overdose deaths.
How Kentucky Embraced A Life-Saving Drug For Opioid Addicts
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WASHINGTON -- In the fall of 2013, there were very few doctors in Kentucky willing to prescribe naloxone, which can save opioid addicts who are overdosing. But in Northern Kentucky, the region of the state
127 months ago
The Huffington Post "It's clear why it's important -- we have people dying. ... People can't have an option of being treated for their addiction if they're dead."
How Kentucky Embraced A Life-Saving Drug For Opioid Addicts
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WASHINGTON -- In the fall of 2013, there were very few doctors in Kentucky willing to prescribe naloxone, which can save opioid addicts who are overdosing. But in Northern Kentucky, the region of the state
127 months ago
HuffPost Politics "It's clear why it's important -- we have people dying. ... People can't have an option of being treated for their addiction if they're dead."
How Kentucky Embraced A Life-Saving Drug For Opioid Addicts
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WASHINGTON -- In the fall of 2013, there were very few doctors in Kentucky willing to prescribe naloxone, which can save opioid addicts who are overdosing. But in Northern Kentucky, the region of the state
127 months ago
HuffPost Politics The policy change follows a Huffington Post investigation into Kentucky’s drug treatment system in January.
Heroin Addicts Finally Get Some Help From Kentucky Drug Courts
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WASHINGTON -- Kentucky will no longer require opioid addicts to stop taking prescribed treatment medications as a condition of participating in the state's drug ...
131 months ago
HuffPost Politics The state currently bars medication-assisted treatments for addicts in its drug courts, but that could change.
Kentucky Considers Changes To Drug Courts For Heroin Addicts
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WASHINGTON -- The Kentucky court system is reconsidering how its drug courts treat defendants thanks to a new federal policy that is pushing them to offer medica...
133 months ago