HOOKED: Realities of drug addiction; Addicts struggle to find help …
The group allows family members dealing with addiction to share experiences with others and to discuss the options available. One Amherst family found no local help and eventually sent their son to New Jersey for rehabilitation and then later to …
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Heroin replacing pain pills as drug of choice in some parts of Kentucky
Stine, the state lawmaker, said she also would like to see the state encourage more options for drug treatment. Some privately run drug treatment centers — such as the Healing Place in Louisville — have great outcomes and are able to provide …
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As Mexico's traffickers ship drugs north, they leave addicts in their wake
These, as well as many formal treatment centers, have historically been geared toward treating men, and have not kept pace with the growth in female drug and alcohol abuse, leaving women with few treatment options. Faced with the increasing drug use …
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