When Rape, HIV and Drugs Collide, There Is Still Hope

Published July 11, 2013

When Rape, HIV and Drugs Collide, There Is Still Hope

Filed under: drug treatment programs

With the help of a drug court and treatment programs, she was able to stop using drugs and has been sober even since. She received her GED, attended a technical college, and in 2012 graduated from East Carolina University with high honors and a Masters …
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Peacenik Santa Cruz Makes War on Homeless Addicts

Filed under: drug treatment programs

Magallanes said his advocacy about rehabilitation programs and the decriminalization of drugs was ignored as the group's hostility toward drug users and the homeless increased. “Everything started getting super-weird. I began getting threatening …
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Health officials blame heroin for spike in Maryland overdose deaths

Filed under: drug treatment programs

The state is hosting education programs for medical workers treating people for opioid abuse; training individuals to administer naloxone, a prescription drug that can intervene with a person's ability to absorb heroin during an overdose; and …
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