Some correctional facilities treating addicts with medication
Scott Nolen, director of the drug addiction treatment program at Open Society Institute-Baltimore, a non-profit organization whose goals include increasing access to substance-abuse treatment, said correctional facilities also provide an opportunity … Read more on Baltimore Sun
Mother of drug–addicted infant going to prison
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Jamillah Falls, the first woman to be arrested under a Tennessee state law for giving birth to a drug-addicted baby, is going to prison. She opted for the court-mandated treatment program and was in rehab for several months, but she … Read more on wreg.com
Dying To Be Free
Most treatment programs haven't accepted medically assisted treatments such as Suboxone because of “myths and misinformation,” said Robert Lubran, the director of the pharmacological therapy division at the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health … Read more on Huffington Post
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