Addicted Mothers in Anoka County Gain Hope, a Future With Kids
Addicted mothers in Anoka County gain hope, a future with kids
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Anoka County's Enhanced Treatment Program is a yearlong outpatient program for mothers in the criminal-justice system who risk losing custody of their children because of drug and alcohol addiction. It operates on a modest budget, yet produces …
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The Voices Behind Vermont's 'Rising Tide Of Drug Addiction'
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“Heroin and opiate drug addiction, threatens us. It threatens our safety, it threatens the safety that has always blessed our little state.” Shumlin listed a grim litany of facts. The number of Vermonters seeking treatment has increased more than 700 …
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Heroin treatment and trafficking bill clears Senate
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Senate Bill 5, sponsored by Senate President Pro Tem Katie Stine, R-Southgate, would dedicate to substance abuse recovery programs a quarter of funds saved through correction reforms passed by the legislature in 2011. The bill would also require …
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Bill requiring opioid-addicted newborns be reported passes
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“Babies are born depending on those drugs.” Wachtmann argued that the new reporting requirements would be one of the best ways the legislature can monitor the state's opioid dependence rates. The House established the Opiate Addiction Treatment and …
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