Meth Scourge Is Growing

Meth scourge is growing

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Another 30 pounds, or $ 4.2 million worth of meth, was seized from a car by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and Massachusetts State Police in December. State Police Capt. Dale Hourigan … "When I was addicted, five or six years ago, I had to …
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Important Women In Health And Medicine

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She went on to found the Betty Ford Center in 1982 — an important rehabilitation facility that was built to emphasize the unique needs of women who battle addiction. ….. She went on to join Yale's faculty in 1979 after an impressive stint of …
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Where addicts with children can get help

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The sooner addicts with children get treatment, the better the prognosis for the parent and child, said the head of a local drug treatment program. But child care resources are limited for single parents entering treatment, said David Spilker, program …
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Gretchen Ertl for The Boston Globe

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The Massachusetts Department of Correction plans to employ drug-sniffing dogs to search visitors at prison entrances in a new attempt to stem the flow of illegal substances and remove “negative temptations” to inmates. The initiative, announced in a …
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