Editorial: How to Save Money While Lowering Crime
Editorial: How to save money while lowering crime
Advocates of drug and alcohol treatment programs, drug courts, vocational programs and parole policies that try to avoid sending parolees back to prison for committing minor infractions are sometimes smeared as being soft on crime, but these programs … Read more on… Continue reading
Acorda Therapeutics Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2013 Financial Results
Acorda Therapeutics Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2013 Financial Results
“We now have six clinical stage programs in our pipeline. … In addition, we plan to begin a Phase 3 clinical trial of a new, once-daily formulation of dalfampridine in post-stroke walking deficits, and move forward with development of… Continue reading
Heroin's Toll on 'All the No-Names,' and Beyond
Heroin's toll on 'all the no-names,' and beyond
Phil Drewiske, 23, who embraced recovery in prison after five overdoses and a dozen failed treatment programs, said he bore some responsibility for introducing heroin to the town. The son of local insurance agents, he started abusing painkillers stolen … Read more… Continue reading
Addiction-Kayla and Kupono
Addiction-Kayla and Kupono
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Brown criticizes cost, effectiveness of state marijuana laws in letter
Brown said in his letter to Mizeur that resources used to enforce the state's marijuana laws could be better used fighting violent crime or on substance abuse treatment. He said four … One… Continue reading
Leadership Class Gets Schooled in Public Safety, Justice System
Leadership class gets schooled in public safety, justice system
Participants in this year's Leadership Athens County program learned about the work that law enforcement, addiction treatment programs and local government employees do to keep residents safe and tackle the county's drug epidemic on Thursday. Read more on The Athens Messenger… Continue reading
Northern New England Tackles Growing Drug Problem
Northern New England tackles growing drug problem
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — In the rural towns and cities of northern New England, a rising drug-abuse problem is overwhelming law enforcement, affecting hundreds of infants each year and sparking calls to action by state leaders who say enough is enough. … Continue reading