Meetings in Bellingham Set on New Addiction Treatment on Lummi Reservation
Meetings in Bellingham set on new addiction treatment on Lummi Reservation
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BELLINGHAM – The public will have two opportunities to comment on a new treatment program on Lummi Reservation for opiate addiction that includes an opiate-based medicine. Two hearings will take place Tuesday, Aug. 28, on the use of Suboxone, a semi …
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OxyContin replaced by explosion of small-town heroin use
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People addicted to OxyContin could seek help when their supply ran out — which, while the ideal outcome, could stretch addiction and treatment programs beyond capacity, experts said. Or users would turn to other, potentially more harmful drugs to …
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With rise in young painkiller abusers, officials see more heroin overdoses
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In the Central Valley, heroin has replaced methamphetamine as the drug of choice for addicts younger than 25, drug treatment experts said. Most of these people became addicted to pills like OxyContin and are now IV heroin users, according to Dale White …
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War on drugs an expensive failure
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Re: OxyContin replaced by explosion of small-town heroin use, Aug. 17. I was saddened, but not surprised, to read Megan Ogilvie's report of a recent spike in heroin … In particular, more people should be engaged in addiction treatment, especially …
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