R.I. Senate Panel Considers Bills to Aid Treatment of Drug Addiction

R.I. Senate panel considers bills to aid treatment of drug addiction
But the bill won the support of the Hospital Association of Rhode Island, the Drug and Alcohol Treatment Association of Rhode Island, the Anchor Recovery Community Center and RICARES (Rhode Island Communities for Addiction Recovery Efforts).
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HEATHER DENKMIRE Segregation may be illegal in Maine, but it exists in our
Treating drug use as a crime, rather than treating drug abuse as a health condition, has helped create a nationwide permanent underclass subject to legal discrimination. Here in Maine, arrests for drug use violations from 2003 to … In the back of my …
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Heroin addicts face barriers to treatment
Of the 23.1 million Americans who needed treatment for drugs or alcohol in 2012, only 2.5 million people received aid at a specialty facility, according to the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Heroin addicts are a …
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