Posts Tagged ‘criminal justice’
Between the Lines
Between the Lines
Increased admissions for treatment are a reflection of the criminal justice system's predominant role, rather than increasing rates of clinical dependence. 4. Marijuana potency is not related to risk of dependence or health … The state does have …
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Audit finds state provider received nearly million in questionable …
Samaritan Village provides residential, outpatient and methadone treatment services in the New York City area. Between July 1 … It claimed $ 337,458 for consultant services that weren't bid or approved in advance by the state, as required by regulations.
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NEW: New England NAACP Calls for Marijuana Legalization in RI
The New England Area Conference of the NAACP announced today that it is formally recommending to the Rhode Island General Assembly that it pass the Marijuana, Regulation, Control and Taxation Act, H7506 and S2379. According to the release from the …
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Drug Effort Moves Forward
Drug effort moves forward
MARINETTE – Now that Marinette County has been awarded a $ 124,502 grant from the state, its Criminal Justice Coordinating Committee is moving forward to develop Drug Court and Treatment Alternatives and Diversion (TAD) programs. The first big step will …
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7 more drug overdose deaths in RI bring 2014 total to 45
… as methadone or Suboxone. “Medication-assisted treatment is recovery,” she said. She described hearing about a doctor who denied a patient treatment because he “doesn't like methadone,” and she likened it to a cardiologist who “doesn't like …
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Kent Police 'Safe Exit' Scheme Claiming to Help Women in Prostitution Instead …
Drug addiction treatment consisted of methadone prescribing and help with housing was a room in a shared house – a temporary solution to a permanent problem. "There was about five or six in one [house] and I'm not sure how many in the other – maybe the …
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Man Convicted of Human Trafficking Gets 34 Years in Prison – Tampabay.com
Man convicted of human trafficking gets 34 years in prison – Tampabay.com
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Man convicted of human trafficking gets 34 years in prison
Tampabay.com … has required evidence of beatings or other physical force. Prosecutors successfully argued that Fields would wait until the women were experiencing symptoms of drug withdrawal — including vomiting and diarrhea — and then forced them to engage in … |
Methadone+ Withdrawal – Google News
In Vermont, A Network Of Help For Opiate-Addicted Mothers – Rhode Island Public Radio
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In Vermont, A Network Of Help For Opiate-Addicted Mothers
Rhode Island Public Radio "It didn't take long to go from 'This is all right to take some time' to 'I've got to do it every day,' and I'm puking and having withdrawal symptoms if I'm not doing it," she says. Most pregnant Vermont women addicted to opioids seek treatment. This … |
Shumlin to Make ‘Opiate Epidemic’ Theme of State of the State – Mountaintimes
Shumlin to make ‘opiate epidemic’ theme of State of the State – Mountaintimes
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Shumlin to make 'opiate epidemic' theme of State of the State
Mountaintimes Even though the state does not yet have enough methadone treatment facilities available, the governor wants to move ahead with a plan that would divert addicts and people with mental illness who have been arrested from the criminal justice system into … |
6 Years in Prison for Pekin Methadone Dealer – Pekin Daily Times
6 years in prison for Pekin methadone dealer – Pekin Daily Times
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6 years in prison for Pekin methadone dealer
Pekin Daily Times Her sentencing hearing recalled the unprecedented spike of nine deaths in the county in 2012 caused by overdoses of methadone, a pain-killing drug distributed by federally regulated clinics to counter the sickening effects of heroin withdrawal. County … |
Methadone+ Withdrawal – Google News
Ripley Co. Chief Deputy Sheriff Joe Pippin released on bond – WCPO
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Ripley Co. Chief Deputy Sheriff Joe Pippin released on bond
WCPO Hydrocodone is a highly addictive, opiate-based prescription drug used to treat pain. Pippin told … Pippin told investigators if he quits taking the hydrocodone pills he would “have withdrawals because of the physical dependency, physical and … Chief Deputy Accused Of “Doctor Shopping” Ripley Co. deputy faces 'doctor shopping' felonies |
Leading Drug Policy Reformers to Be Honored at International Drug Policy …
Leading Drug Policy Reformers to be Honored at International Drug Policy …
He has served as writer and editor of the Drug War Chronicle newsletter since May 2000, where he has turned out 6,500 hundred separate articles and 1,500 feature stories. He was … In 2001, Portugal enacted one of the most extensive drug law reforms …
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Nick Clegg says we're losing the war on drugs. But is there even a war?
You've got very senior police officers now coming out saying that the war on drugs is failing, that we should treat drug addiction as much as a health issue as a criminal justice one.' But that assumes that there is war on drugs that is being fought at …
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