W.Va. inmate crowding study homes in on drug abuse

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CHARLESTON — West Virginia can likely reduce prison crowding by assessing more quickly the risks posed by offenders and providing substance abuse treatment to those on probation, parole and other community-level supervision, researchers told state …
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Lack of funding, resources available for mental health locally and statewide

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"In West Virginia, as in many states, the services that are available to folks with mental health issues have been cut back and cut back and cut back since 1997," Macom said. Prior to cutbacks, he said, day-treatment and basic living skills programs …
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AP IMPACT: Big Pharma cashes in on HGH abuse

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In other cases, the drug was used "for an unknown indication," meaning that the reason for treatment wasn't clear. Even Medicare, the government health program for older Americans, allowed 22,169 HGH prescriptions in 2010, a five-year increase of 78 …
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