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A recent article on slate.com discussed the topic of forced substance abuse treatment, trying to determine if it is a successful option for addicts. Ultimately, the article stated that the answer is inconclusive, and more research is needed. Here at Addictions.com, we wanted answers, and a deeper understanding of this topic so we consulted Diane …
US Attorney General Jeff Sessions has requested the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to review the quantity of opioids manufacturers are allowed to produce in a bid to control drugs that are now killing 175 Americans a day. Session says a review of the amount produced will act as a significant step towards containing the opioid …
A New Hampshire woman was arrested for allegedly selling crack cocaine at a health and nutrition supplies shop in Somersworth. Jenny Delgado, 26, who lives in Somersworth, north of Dover near the Maine border, was arrested Feb. 27, 2018, and later released on bail of $2,500. Officers, including Strafford County Sheriff’s deputies and local police, …
Gambling has become big business and gambling addiction is a serious problem. These facts may help you want to overcome your gambling addiction.
In Forest County, the police announced that they have arrested five people for drug dealing and possession, and they indicated that more arrests were likely going to follow. The Forest County Sheriff’s office arrested Mackenzi McGeshick, Marcus Morris, Rhonda Rachal, Shawna Rachal, and Xavier Teller starting back on February 12. These suspects have all been …
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration will soon allow more use of controversial medicines, including synthetic opioids, to treat opioid addicts. The procedure under review, called “medication-assisted treatment,” or MAT, permits and encourages the use of drugs that cut an addict’s cravings for opioids. Some of the drugs used in MAT are themselves opioids but …
Hazleton Police announced that a raid as part of the execution of two search warrants at Alter Street and Mine Street resulted in the end of a major heroin and fentanyl manufacturing facility. Manuel Luna-Bautista and Yamilka Hernandez-Sanchez were arrested Friday morning as part of the raid. The raid and search warrants were the results …
A darker side of San Francisco’s storied Haight-Ashbury district was revealed Feb. 22 when three men died of drug overdoses. San Francisco public health officials feared fentanyl, up to a hundred times more potent than heroin, may have killed the men, who were found unresponsive on Page Street early on a Thursday morning. Police officers …
For Ronald Denorth Taylor, a resident of Albany, a tip with information regarding a delivery of methamphetamine resulted in his arrest. Drug agents said that they received information about a suspected delivery of drugs and that Taylor would be meeting with someone at the hotel off of Highway 19 in Thomasville, Georgia. The police used …
Those who suffer from borderline personality disorder often look to outside sources to alleviate their feelings of fear, which puts them at high risk of developing addictions.
Eight people were arrested at the Red Top Motel in a drug bust completed by the Spokane Valley Investigative Unit Detectives. Police are still searching for further suspects. Since January 2017, the Red Top Motel, which was the focus of the investigation, has had over 100 calls for service. Several of those calls have resulted in …
In Iredell County, North Carolina, an operation is underway Monday focused on taking suspected drug dealers off the streets. Six suspects were escorted to the county jail in what law enforcement officers have dubbed Operation Spring Sweep. According to Sheriff Darren Campbell, many of the suspects are repeat offenders, and they were caught selling drugs …
