In the last decade opiate use has risen significantly. Overdoses and deaths from opiate use are increasing at a frightening rate. Whether it’s opiates like heroin or morphine or synthetic opioids like Percocet or Oxycodone, there’s no difference when considering the consequences of addiction and misuse and possible solutions. When a person develops…
Drug Courts have been around for a long time and the results have been very good. Most of us who’ve worked in the treatment field have known for a long time that jail has always exacerbated addiction, and that treatment of addiction is better for…
Our society has not yet come to terms with the failed policy of putting alcoholics, drug addicts and substance abusers in prison. Alcohol, other drugs and prison is a major problem in America. Having an addiction problem doesn’t excuse someone from murder or armed robbery…
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