Denmark's 'Fix Rooms' Give Drug Users a Safe Haven

Denmark's 'Fix Rooms' Give Drug Users A Safe Haven

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"We have to understand that drug users — the severely addicted — they need help. They need treatment, not punishment." To that end, Majlund has established a 2-square-mile "free zone" in the Vesterbro neighborhood where officers don't arrest adults …
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St. Paul Treatment Center Announces New Effort to Curb Opiate-Related Deaths

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A St. Paul treatment center is announcing that it is undertaking a new treatment program focused upon decreasing the number of opiate-related deaths in St. Paul and surrounding counties through Drug Addiction Treatment Centers. According to a report …
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As heroin use increases, treatment funds go down

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As the county's heroin problem has increased, money for Thurston's publicly funded drug abuse treatment efforts has decreased. State and federal funding for the Chemical Dependency Program that covers Thurston and Mason counties dropped to $ 3.42 …
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Review highlights links between problem gambling and substance abuse, and

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Problem gamblers are a hidden population among people with mental health or substance abuse issues who often don't get the treatment they need, a new study shows. Anywhere from 10 to 20 per cent of people with substance abuse problems also have …
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