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FDA Wants Limits on Most Prescribed Painkillers

FDA wants limits on most prescribed painkillers
"Rescheduling hydrocodone from a Schedule III to a Schedule II drug will help prevent these highly addictive drugs from getting into the wrong hands and devastating families and communities. Sen. Charles Schumer of New York noted that the FDA's own … Read more on… Continue reading

Winona County's Drug Court Offers Intensive Way to Help Offenders Get Clean

Winona County's drug court offers intensive way to help offenders get clean
The system is intended to be an intensive form of probation, Sonneman said, one that works aggressively to keep participants from re-offending while helping them work through addiction and personal struggles. “It has that element of, we're… Continue reading

Call for Specialised Drug Treatment Prisons to Cut Overdose Deaths in Victoria

Call for specialised drug treatment prisons to cut overdose deaths in Victoria
The magistrate of Victoria's drug court is calling for the establishment of special drug rehabilitation prisons to reduce the rate of overdose-related deaths after prisoners are released. New data from the Victorian Coroners Court shows 120 prisoners …… Continue reading

Rep. Greg Harris Helps Fix Cook County's Obamacare Program

Rep. Greg Harris Helps Fix Cook County's Obamacare Program
Because of an oversight in the newly minted Affordable Care Act, those who require a residential stay as part of their substance abuse recovery are unable to use the vast majority of Illinois drug treatment residential programs which have 17 beds… Continue reading

Is This Argument Inductive or Deductive? What Fallacy Is It Committing?

Question by : Is this argument inductive or deductive? What fallacy is it committing?
“Theyclaim that the Illinois Department of Corrections’ drug treatment program at Sheridan penitentiary discharged inmates who were “40 percent less likely to be arrested a year later and 85 percent less likely to return to prison.”… Continue reading

Judges in Ohio Use Injections to Combat Drug Addiction

Judges in Ohio use injections to combat drug addiction
The government approved Naltrexone to treat heroin addiction in 1984 and for alcoholism in 1994. Naltrexone was developed … drug- addicted offenders. A Vivitrol drug court in Hocking County currently has 10 people, with a waiting list to enter the …… Continue reading