Heroin's reach growing

Filed under: Drug Addiction Colorado

An estimated 5.1 percent of the state's population abused painkillers in 2012, according to the latest National Survey on Drug Use and Health. That puts Colorado among the top states for pill abuse. Patrick Fox, deputy director for clinical services of …
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Report: Legalizing marijuana would reap millions of dollars for RI

Filed under: Drug Addiction Colorado

Nick Horton, a policy specialist at OpenDoors who wrote the report said in a news release: “Passage of this legislation means tens of millions of additional revenue for necessary Rhode Island programs including those that treat alcohol and drug abuse …
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20 years later, new trial begins in Timothy Kennedy double-homicide case

Filed under: Drug Addiction Colorado

Fitch also argued Kennedy had struggled with drug addiction for years and would often pawn his property to feed his habit, or exchanged items for drugs with friends and associates. Although the murder weapon, a .380 handgun, has never been found, the …
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