New Study: Fix W.Va. Prisons This Way
New study: Fix W.Va. prisons this way
Filed under: alcohol and drug treatment centers
The report calls for reinvesting about $ 5.5 million a year of the savings into programs to assist probationers and parolees, including community-based substance abuse treatment programs. Among the factors contributing to prison overcrowding, outlined …
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Colorado ERs Take Steps to Stop Pain Pill Abuse
Colorado ERs take steps to stop pain pill abuse
Filed under: Drug Abuse Colorado
painkiller use, including discouraging powerful IV painkiller drips. Recommendations from a UCH task force, still awaiting final approval, also would end the filling of allegedly lost or stolen prescriptions, a frequent avenue for abusers seeking extra …
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The Hospital Tech Who Stole Needles
The hospital tech who stole needles
Filed under: drug addiction treatment center
He was also a fentanyl addict. To feed his addiction, he stole IV drugs from operating rooms in 19 hospitals across the country, possibly infecting hundreds of patients with Hepatitis C. As experts rewrite the rules to try and prevent a repeat of this …
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Versartis Nabs $25 Million for Growth Hormone Deficiency Treatment
Versartis nabs million for growth hormone deficiency treatment
Filed under: drug treatment programs in san francisco
Versartis started its first pediatric clinical trial of the drug, a Phase Ib/IIa study, at about 30 sites in the United States with pre-puberty children. Versartis said the … "With this substantial funding, we are able to continue our comprehensive …
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How Do People Survive in Jail/Prison?
Question by days_o_work: How do people survive in Jail/Prison?
I was locked up in a Michigan Jail for about 13 hours one time, not even a full day, and it nearly drove me insane. Maybe I’m just “soft” but a month in there would have driven me nuts. How do people survive in there.
Thanks for the answers.. My trip thru hell started as an arrest for felony assault which I later pleaded down to misdemeanor aggrivated assault. I basically blew my temper one day at a random stranger and apparently scared the bejesus out of him, so he promptly told the police. There was no physical contact or anything but they still ran me thru as a felony.