Oregon Finds Efforts to Treat Drug Addicts Paying Off

Oregon finds efforts to treat drug addicts paying off

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"Oregon is a good state for treatment," said Liz Smith, a 35-year-old recovering prescription-drug addict from Portland who entered an intensive residential program in 2010 and is now sober. "We have an abundance of treatment centers and detox centers, …
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Officials seek ways to curb prescription abuse

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The National Institute on Drug Abuse says 7 million Americans currently abuse prescription drugs. That's more than the number using cocaine, heroin, hallucinogens and inhalants combined. The Indiana State Department of Health says 654 Hoosiers died …
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Heroin use expands in area

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The news that two young men had died of suspected heroin overdoses in Ashland on Dec. 3 and 4 shocked … I think what we've discovered is that the drugs are very dangerous, people become addicted easily and they are hard to get off of." According to …
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