Lac Courte Oreilles Band struggling with widespread prescription drug abuse
The Lac Courte Oreilles Health Center in Sawyer County is at the center of the prescription drug abuse storm on the Lac Courte Oreilles reservation. A veteran doctor was terminated in January, and the health center's medical director's contract wasn't …
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Cory Monteith, 'Glee' star, completes rehab for drug abuse after admitting …
The “Glee” star “voluntarily admitted himself to a treatment facility for substance addiction,” his rep told People in late March. Monteith, 30, and his supportive girlfriend Lea Michele, 29, were spotted at Los Angeles International Airport on Friday …
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BYU researchers design new pill bottle aimed at reducing drug abuse
“The fact that there isn't a solution to the drug overdose epidemic really drove us,” said Dallin Swiss, a mechanical engineering senior on the team, in a BYU press release. “This provides a missing piece to that national dilemma, and so it matters …
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Cory Monteith leaves rehab after one-month stint for substance addiction and …
The 30-year-old Glee actor – who checked in to a treatment facility for substance addiction earlier this month – has now completed his stay and jetted off on holiday with his girlfriend Lea Michele. A witness who spotted them at LAX on Friday told E …
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U.S. Drug Czar: 'I Was Wrong. Addiction Is Not A Moral Failing'
Kerlikowski's statement accompanies a White House “National Drug Control Strategy,” dubbed a “science-driven plan” that treats “our Nation's drug problem as a public health issue, not just a criminal justice issue.” On the subject of tackling addiction …
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Cory Monteith Checks Into Rehab for Substance Addiction
"Cory Monteith has voluntarily admitted himself into a treatment facility for substance addiction," his rep says in a statement. "He graciously asks for your respect and privacy as he takes the necessary steps towards recovery." "Cory is a beloved …
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Maryland families to get new tool in fight against drug overdoses
Linda Fletcher lives in fear of reliving a nightmare: a son dying from a heroin overdose. Her son Kris Klipner succumbed to the drug in 2007. He was 28. Klipner's half-brother battles the same kind of depression as Kris. He suffers the same heroin …
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