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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