Kentucky Police Chiefs Talking About Heroin
Kentucky Police Chiefs Talking About Heroin
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From a treatment perspective the clinical director at the Chrysalis House, a substance abuse treatment program for women, says heroin poses a much bigger challenge than prescription drug abuse. "Relapse rates can be as high as 90%," said Dr. Carmella …
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NIH researchers find diabetes drug extends health and lifespan in mice
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Long-term treatment with the type 2 diabetes drug metformin improves health and longevity of male mice when started at middle age, reports an international team of scientists led by researchers at the National Institute on Aging (NIA), part of the …
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LIVING SAFE: STAR Program offers path to recovery for certain offenders
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Participants in the STAR Program enter an intensive drug rehabilitation program. The treatment is an alternative to incarceration. Through this intervention, the cycle of arrest, incarceration, release, and recidivism is interrupted. For these repeat …
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United Way cuts Bacon Street funding
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As a result, she said, the volunteer committee that decides grant allocations "had to make some really tough decisions about some really great programs." The decision to cut Bacon Street was not made lightly, she said. … In 2010, its funding was cut …
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