Pilot Program Offering Treatment to Drug Addicts Surprisingly Successful
Brown County – A new program to offer treatment options to drug addicts being housed in the Brown County Jail is turning out to be more successful than anyone expected. We first told you about the pilot program in a Target 2 Investigation in May, and … Read more on WBAY
Experimental Ebola Drug Puts Its Maker, Chimerix, Back in the Spotlight
That same antiviral drug has suddenly become the medicine of choice for Ebola, being used on an emergency basis to treat both the Liberian patient in Dallas and the NBC News cameraman in Nebraska. What is … That is a sign of the paucity of options. Read more on New York Times
Connersville needs treatment options for heroin addicts
The benefits of substance abuse treatment far outweigh the cost of incarceration. There are no methadone clinics in Connersville; when patients have no options for work and no options for treatment, guess what they do? And now the drugs, mainly heroin … Read more on Indianapolis Star
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