Waiting List for Addiction Treatment in Federal Prisons Is 51000 Inmates Long

Published December 9, 2012

Waiting List for Addiction Treatment in Federal Prisons Is 51000 Inmates Long

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Yet only about a third of those prisoners— most of them low-level drug dealers, users and addicts—are receiving treatment to combat their addictions. “Its really tragic,” one longtime federal prisoner tells The Fix . “The feds lock up all these …
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Addiction treatment center gets new home

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The new facility includes five adult counseling rooms and two rooms dedicated to adolescent treatment. Austin, former director of the City-County Alcohol & Drug program, said the center also recently added a youth outpatient program to address …
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Jump in local heroin cases mirrors national trend

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“Our data shows heroin use is resurging,” said Dr. Wesley Clark, director of the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration in Maryland. Heroin use has ebbed and flowed in America over the last …
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