Heroin Overdoses on the Rise in Maryland

Heroin overdoses on the rise in Maryland

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Heroin use declined in the state from 2007 to 2011, as prescription drug abuse rose. The number of admissions to public substance-abuse treatment services for prescription opioid abuse more than doubled from 2008 to 2011. Officials say that heightened …
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Addiction clinic to open in Covington by summer

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COVINGTON — A network of drug-abuse treatment centers based in Pittsburgh has taken majority ownership of a planned methadone clinic here and hopes to be operating by summer. Pinnacle Treatment Centers, Inc., is planning to open the the clinic at …
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Riley Regan, Pioneer and Advocate in Alcoholism and Drug Treatment

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Mr. Regan, who had a life-long personal and professional relationship with the field of alcoholism and drug abuse, was the founding director of the New Jersey Division of Alcoholism where he was credited with implementing the Alcoholism Treatment and …
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