Eminem on Drugs, Addiction and Rehab

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Rutland explores the cost of addiction

Filed under: drug addiction stories

Hunter says even after living in Rutland for more than a decade she was surprised by some of the stories of addiction at a public forum Wednesday evening. But the real focus of the event was the cost of addiction. "We do a lot of work, … Although the …
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Task force will aid Muskego's heroin battle

Filed under: drug addiction stories

… and siblings to heroin and they wanted to help any way they could to keep children off of the drug. The problem is mainly that young people take their parents' or grandparents' prescription pain pills such as oxycodone or Percocet, run out of them …
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The New Face of Addiction

Filed under: drug addiction stories

Dee Gagnon, admissions director at Thunder Road Adolescent Treatment Center in Oakland, which treats teenagers from both sides of the tunnel, says, “It's not uncommon for the kids to host 'pharmacy parties.' They raid … The 2009 National Survey on …
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Paramedics trained by mannequins

Filed under: drug addiction stories

The body on the floor is a mannequin in a room at Fire Division headquarters that has been staged to resemble a drug addict's apartment. The mannequin can communicate and react to first responders through a computer program as if it were a real person.
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