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'Not equal before the law': Why regional drug addicts are often sent to jail, not rehab

A retired judge has backed calls for more drug rehabilitation centres in the bush, warning addicts in regional areas are too often thrown behind bars. John Nicholson SC served as a New South Wales Dis... read more

Teens claim they were used as fake rehab clients

(CNN ... not abuse drugs. But when she was a teenager in foster care, several times a month, she would board a van at her group home and go to rehab. Byers couldn't figure out why she had to take drug ... read more

Treatment no longer behind bars

Section 35 of Massachusetts General Law ... sent to prison without having committed a crime. Because addiction is a disease, Spilka said, it didn’t make sense to her that part of the way the state was ... read more

Opioids in Yakima: Medication-based treatment gains traction

Tyler Douglas first went into rehab for drug addiction at age ... all these chances to do it before,” he said. Among myriad treatment programs and equal opportunities to sink back into addiction, Doug... read more

Criminalizing the Opioid Epidemic is No Way to Help Chronic Pain Sufferers

As drug involvement increases, it is almost entirely fed by street drugs—most often heroin ... to reduce addiction or promote recovery. A June 2017 report by the Pew Charitable Trusts confirms these o... read more

Younger teens are turning to meth

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Jail director says some inquest recommendations aren't realistic

If jail staff had to open and close each door at night during their half-hour checks, “I think I’d have a riot on my hands,” Fox said on a tour of the lockup last week. The harsh clang is one reason w... read more

Rehab versus prison for criminals

She sent people to jail. "And I'd tell them don't drink any more and don't use other drugs and I would literally wag my ... which is a person's emotional thermostat. Addiction was not a matter of choi... read more

Hard-core homelessness proves costly for Alachua County

They are often the furthest from recovery and drive up costs for emergency health care, jail ... before Ramine can get in. “I’m just worried if he doesn’t get a house that he’s just going to die on th... read more

Doug Baldwin, Roger Goodell write joint letter supporting sentencing reform

These expressions of player advocacy aptly capture the challenges we currently face as a nation – ensuring that every American has equal rights and equal protection under the law, while simultaneously ... read more

Whoa, Momma

I plan to attend this shower because my sister-in-law has always been supportive of me and my children, but I am not sure what to say or how to act in this unorthodox situation. Thank you! A: I don't ... read more

Dr. Sanjay Gupta: The truth about prescription medication addiction

Whenever I hand a prescription for pain pills to a patient, I tell them, “Remember not to drink any alcohol when ... % [8.6%] once patients stopped taking the drug. In the study, patients receiving in... read more