SD chief justice urges expansion of drug courts

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About half those sent to prison for drug crimes are arrested for new drug offenses within a few years of being released, but more than 80 percent of those who have completed intensive treatment in drug and alcohol courts have not committed new offenses …
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Ind. substance abuse hospital to open women's drug-, alcohol-treatment center …

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SHELBYVILLE, Indiana — An Indianapolis hospital that focuses on substance abuse has announced plans to open a drug- and alcohol-treatment center for women at a secluded central Indiana site that its chief executive says will become one of only a …
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Understanding Opioids: Part 1

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But an unforeseen consequence of increased opioid prescribing and availability was the epidemic of opioid abuse and addiction that ensued. … These drugs were involved in 14,800 overdose deaths in 2008, more than cocaine and heroin combined." … In …
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