Worcester Reports 37 Suspected Drug Overdose Deaths in 2014

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One in 200 Worcester County residents checked into substance abuse treatment for an injected drug addiction in the latest year that data was available — and the number is on the rise according to local treatment providers. Between the beginning of …
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Pat Moore Foundation Responds to the Rise in Heroin Usage and Overdoses in …

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Individuals participating in the heroin detox and opiate addiction treatment programs are in a residential setting and are usually able to participate in counseling and enjoy the company and comfort of their peers. About Pat Moore Foundation Pat Moore …
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Zone Change Sparks Rehab Fears

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… on Tuesday approved rezoning an historic Lake Arrowhead bed and breakfast from commercial to residential, amid allegations by the owners of a neighboring lodge that the zone change could lead to the opening of a drug-and-alcohol rehabilitation center.
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Long a nexus of Rx drug abuse, Staten Island now faces heroin's scourge

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Except as risky as painkillers are to abuse, heroin's an even trickier roll of the dice. "They don't know what they're doing," says Fusco, who runs the Dynamite Youth Center in Brooklyn and its residential treatment center in update Fallsburg New York …
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