With drug crackdown, LePage favoring enforcement over treatment
The governor's emphasis on arresting and prosecuting drug offenders sets him apart from mainstream trends in public policy, which have begun to tilt toward addiction intervention and treatment as a more effective response. LePage framed his call for a … Read more on Morning Sentinel

Hoffman's Death Raises New Questions about Addiction Treatment Drug
According to NBC News, investigators also found dozens of bags of heroin and six bottles of prescription drugs, including the addiction treatment drug buprenorphine – which is more widely known under the brand name Suboxone. Hoffman did not have a … Read more on American News Report

House bill aims to curb teen abuse of cough medicine
DXM abuse among teens has been reported in 2013 at a rate of one in 20 teens in grades 8 through 12, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse. In Iowa, one in 20 teens have abused OTC medicines, according to Bradley. The PACT ACT is the … Read more on ModernMedicine

Opinion: Consider Foley facility for treating heroin addicts
Unfortunately, these young people are destined to years, and possibly a lifetime, of cycling in and out of the criminal justice system and short-term drug rehabilitation programs, none of which will cure their addiction or put a halt to their drug … Read more on NorthShoreOfLongIsland.com

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