States Combat Alarming Drug Overdose Deaths
States combat alarming drug overdose deaths
Seventeen states and the District of Columbia have passed "Good Samaritan" laws that grant limited immunity to drug users who seek help for someone who has overdosed, according to the Trust for America's Health (TFAH), a nonpartisan research and …
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State Of Emergency: 24 States Lack Basic Tools To Identify Open Beds For …
A 2012 study by the Treatment Advocacy Center found that between 2005 and 2010, the number of state psychiatric beds dropped from 50,509 to just 43,318 — a 14 percent decrease, bringing it to the lowest level since 1850 — and 4,471 more beds were …
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Push Behind Arizona 'Religious Freedom' Law Has Long History
Two Native American men who worked at an Oregon drug rehab center were fired two decades ago for smoking peyote — an illegal drug — at a church service. They sued, claiming an exemption from the state's drug law, arguing that their use of peyote was …
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On Justice: 21st century solutions For 21st century challenges
And that's why I've made it a priority to participate in this organization's conferences since I took office just over five years ago: because, at every stage of my career – as a prosecutor, as a judge, as U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia …
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