Recovering Drug Addicts Find a Chaotic and Unregulated World of Halfway Houses …

Recovering drug addicts find a chaotic and unregulated world of halfway houses …
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But a downward spiral of prescription drug abuse led to broken relationships, car accidents, and jail. While waiting for a bed to open in a drug treatment center, Emily checked into a halfway house on Okaloosa Street in Tampa, but she never checked out. Read more on ABC Action News

Area treatment centers agree on painkiller addiction problem, differ in treatments
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The hospital occasionally refers people for methadone treatment. For select patients, long-term use of the drug can be appropriate, Blaisdell said. “But more often than not, we're going to try to detoxify them,” he said. That is a good option for some … Read more on Waco Tribune-Herald

Historic survey to shed light on drug use
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DRUG and alcohol treatments are on the rise in Australia, new research shows, but little real-time information is available about what drugs mainstream Australia is using, and how and why. Take part in the survey here. Fairfax Media, owner of The … Read more on Sydney Morning Herald