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Social Workers in the Library a New Resource for the Homeless – Edmonton Journal

Social workers in the library a new resource for the homeless – Edmonton Journal

Social workers in the library a new resource for the homeless
Edmonton Journal
“I don't do shelters well,” Helbak said. But it was February, then March 2013, and Helbak had been on methadone treatment to replace the opiates since December. “I'm getting too old,” he thought to himself of the street life, and the fact he's hampered

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St. Paul Man Guilty in Drunk Driving Crash – Minneapolis Star Tribune

St. Paul man guilty in drunk driving crash – Minneapolis Star Tribune

St. Paul man guilty in drunk driving crash
Minneapolis Star Tribune
He originally was charged with six felony counts and a seventh gross misdemeanor count, all while driving under the influence of alcohol and controlled substances, including methadone. A test at Regions Hospital after the crash showed his blood alcohol

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Social workers in the library a new resource for the homeless – Edmonton Journal


Edmonton Journal

Social workers in the library a new resource for the homeless
Edmonton Journal
“I don't do shelters well,” Helbak said. But it was February, then March 2013, and Helbak had been on methadone treatment to replace the opiates since December. “I'm getting too old,” he thought to himself of the street life, and the fact he's hampered

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In a World of Pain, Closing the Knowledge Gap for a New Generation of Caregivers

In a world of pain, closing the knowledge gap for a new generation of caregivers
The dozen or so students in a class he taught last week were in their third and fourth years at the University of Minnesota Medical School, specializing in a range of disciplines from family practice and internal medicine to anesthesiology and …
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Harrington Family Health Center Hires New CEO

Harrington Family Health Center Hires New CEO
Though he hails from Rhode Island, Umphrey points out that he has roots in Aroostook County, and came back to Maine many times to help his grandfather who was a fisherman. Prior to his new position at HFHC, Umphrey worked with the City of Bangor on …
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New Painkiller Stirs Fears of Overdoses, Addictions – Rapid City Journal

New painkiller stirs fears of overdoses, addictions – Rapid City Journal

New painkiller stirs fears of overdoses, addictions
Rapid City Journal
Hydrocodone belongs to the opioid family of medications, a highly addictive group of drugs that includes morphine, codeine, methadone and oxycodone, which officials say is one of the most abused, and deadly drugs. Opioid pain pills designed to release

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EDITORIAL: Time to Act on Heroin Problem

EDITORIAL: Time to Act on Heroin Problem
Covering Litchfield County, Connecticut … That puts Torrington in the sad position of having nearly six times the rate of heroin deaths in New York City, a place that many in Litchfield County's believes supplies the County's drugs. In Connecticut …
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Connecticut police put focus on fentanyl, dangerous drug being passed off as
The Register Citizen of Torrington and the New Haven Register requested statistics on heroin deaths in the wake of a run of suspected heroin-related overdose deaths in Torrington, a relatively small city of 35,800 people that so far this year has seen …
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