Maine program to help children of drug addicts seeks to change culture
In Penobscot and Piscataquis counties, pregnant drug users and families dealing with substance abuse problems who have children age 5 and younger will be connected with a specially trained and nonjudgmental “navigator” who will help connect them with …
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'Miracle' spurs parents to help others fight drug abuse
… teenage addicts in recovery speaking to their peers rather than government or elected officials, she said. “We wanted to bring real-life stories,” Maxim added. “People see addiction as shameful. In every family, someone is either a drug addict or …
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Heroin, prescription drugs often to blame for overdose fatalities in county, state
Of those, 52 involved heroin, a drug that can cause a surge of euphoria and clouded thinking followed by alternately wakeful and drowsy states, according to the National Institute of Drug Abuse. Drug overdose deaths in McHenry County … “They steal …
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