New St. E clinic to treat heroin addicts with meds
Vivitrol is a non-narcotic that blocks the effects of heroin and decreases the desire for the drug. Suboxone is the brand name … Northern Kentucky has limited addiction intervention with these medicines used as treatment for heroin addiction even … Read more on Cincinnati.com

Final certainty
Rather than let the illness take its dreadful course she moved to Oregon, where a “Death with Dignity” law exempts doctors from prosecution, with some safeguards, if they prescribe life-ending drugs to terminally ill patients who ask for them. … Not … Read more on The Economist

Jailhouse nation
Californians voted last year in a referendum to downgrade several non-violent felonies to mis-demeanours. Other states are experimenting with better education in prisons (so that ex-convicts have a better chance of finding work), and drug treatment or … Read more on The Economist