Heroin a growing menace in SE Ohio
Heroin a growing menace in SE Ohio
This is the first article in a series that will focus on heroin and related drugs' growth, prevention, treatment, distribution, law enforcement and policy in Athens County and southeast Ohio. Fifteen years ago,… Continue reading
Is a drug addiction all mental??
Question by bksmyth1: Is a drug addiction all mental??
Is a drug addiction all in your head or is it real, because ive done pills and i wasnt addicted, ive done coke and i didnt become addicted… Continue reading
Americans, weary of war on drugs, prefer rehab to jail, poll says (+video)
Americans, weary of war on drugs, prefer rehab to jail, poll says (+video)
It also comes as Congress, facing a belt-bursting prison budget as well as mounting evidence that tough prison sentences are not fixing but fueling a national… Continue reading
Mindfulness Offers Young Adults the Same Protection Against Substance Abuse …
Mindfulness Offers Young Adults the Same Protection Against Substance Abuse …
But, of course, not all young people with challenging family situations go on to struggle with addiction. The question this study wanted to answer is, what protects these young… Continue reading
Good Sam Meets Mr. Brownstone
Good Sam Meets Mr. Brownstone
A dozen years ago the story was different and prescription painkillers were often the addict's drug of first choice, Greene said. (The Center for Drug Problems has provided drug rehab treatment since the late-1970s, making… Continue reading
Gazette opinion: Justice and sobriety for all in treatment court
Gazette opinion: Justice and sobriety for all in treatment court
He had completed 30-day programs at the state-run Montana Chemical Dependency Center in Butte twice, but had returned to drug abuse after each treatment ended. “I was good for a… Continue reading