Heroin Fast Becoming Ulster County's 'Most Prevalent' Drug (VIDEOS)

Heroin fast becoming Ulster County's 'most prevalent' drug (VIDEOS)
Sullivan goes to the clinic five days a week for methadone and also attends The Bridge Back of Kingston Hospital, a treatment center at 10 Barbarosa Lane that provides medically-supervised alcohol and substance abuse treatment. At the center, a team …
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MLB, MLBPA announce 'upgrades' to Joint Drug Agreement
Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association have officially announced what they called in a press release "significant improvements to virtually every component of their Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program." … on at least one …
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More women battling addiction
In 2013, the Fall River Police Department responded to 385 calls for drug overdoses, up from 351 in 2012, and 355 in 2011. According to John Duclos, director of Fall River's Emergency Medical Services, about 40 percent of overdose calls are for women.
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Diabetes Drugs to Treat Melanoma? Wistar Science Update June 2013 — Can diabetes drugs help kill therapy-resistant, advanced melanoma, the most aggressive form of skin cancer? New findings from The Wistar Institute’s Melanoma…

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