Protection Extended in Drug Overdoses

Published May 18, 2013

Protection extended in drug overdoses

Filed under: drug rehabilitation

Chris Christie signed the bipartisan Overdose Protection Act into law at a drug rehabilitation center in Paterson on May 2. The legislation takes a two-pronged approach to help prevent drug-overdose deaths in New Jersey. First, it provides legal …
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Special skills can help land emerging Mass. jobs

Filed under: drug rehabilitation

… to administrator. “It's going to make me more appealing to a lot more organizations,” said Cunniffe, who is getting the advanced Simmons degree while working part-time jobs at Boston Medical Center and Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital. … Due to …
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Finding the right fix to treat addiction

Filed under: drug rehabilitation

“Asking a person to be drug- or alcohol-free before entering treatment is analogous to telling an asthmatic in an emergency department, 'Stop wheezing and we'll take you into hospital,' ” says Dr Garrett McGovern, a GP specialising in addiction …
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