Opiate Addiciton on the Rise in Morongo Basin

Published October 3, 2013

Opiate addiciton on the rise in Morongo Basin

Filed under: drug addiction treatment statistics

Not long after 2007, prescription drug abuse was classified as a major public health problem with ties to recent spikes in heroin addiction, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration reports. A Center for Behavioral Health …
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Veterans' deaths alter prescribing of pain pills

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An autopsy found that McDonald's death was caused by the combined effect of five drugs: two antidepressants, an anti-anxiety medicine, an anti-convulsant and a narcotic painkiller. McDonald was prescribed the drugs at the … Statistics seem to back …
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OAG and Bureau of Statistics Get 4-thousand in DOJ Grants

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And the bureau of Statistics received a $ 43,835 grant to support the Residential Substance Abuse Treatment (RSAT) for State Prisoners Program. In making the announcement, Congresswoman Madeleine Bordallo said “these grants will help our island treat …
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