Lawmakers Begin to Shape Battle Plan for Fight Against Opioids and Heroin

Published October 23, 2013

Lawmakers Begin to Shape Battle Plan for Fight Against Opioids and Heroin

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Their recommendations range from expanding what doctors are required to learn about addictions and conducting a public-awareness campaign to providing addiction treatment in jails and using technology to link primary care providers with addiction …
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SalusCare to Consolidate Adult Residential Treatment at One Location

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The decision means that the Drug Abuse Treatment & Education (DATE) residential program at the Ortiz Avenue campus of SalusCare will stop admissions immediately and close within four weeks. All other services on the Ortiz Avenue campus of SalusCare …
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Helping Out for Oct. 23, 2013

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All proceeds from the event will benefit the festival's scholarship programs at the College of Charleston, Art Institute of Charleston and Culinary Institute of Charleston. … The Cut-A-Thon funds support the American Cancer Society's Survivors' Suite …
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VP Biden to attend mental health forum in Mass.

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Patrick Kennedy for a forum on policies that affect people with mental illness, intellectual disabilities or addiction. The two-day event marks the 50th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy's signing of the Community Mental Health Act. The …
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