HOOKED: County Drug Use Reaches Epidemic Proportions as Overdoses Skyrocket
HOOKED: County drug use reaches epidemic proportions as overdoses skyrocket
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And addicts who relapse after coming out of rehabilitation are in danger of overdosing, according to Thomas Stuber, CEO and president of LCADA, which stands for Lorain County Alcohol and Drug Abuse Services. He said they often use the same …
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Hope for change
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A facility based on the Portage model is what's needed, a place where addicts can go for extended periods of time to detox and become entrenched in programs aimed at keeping them clean and learn to cope without drugs, said DesRoches. Services provided …
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OxyContin replaced by explosion of small-town heroin use
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And, according to news reports, police and addiction workers in London, Ont., say they have seen users gravitate towards heroin, crystal meth and hydromorphone, a prescription narcotic similar to morphine. Christina Colacicco, an outreach counsellor at …
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HOOKED: County Drug Use Reaches Epidemic Proportions As Overdoses SkyrocketHttp://chronicle.northcoastnow.com/files/2012/09/09092012drugslide-150×107.jpg Dillon Starnes chose jail over heroin. Homeless and facing the prospect of spending the night at a house full of junkies and relapsing, Starnes on July 11 sat outside his mother’s home in violation of a temporary protection order she had against him and told police when they arrived that he wanted to get clean in … Read News