Task Force Targets Drug Deaths in Westmoreland County

Published October 2, 2013

Task force targets drug deaths in Westmoreland County

Filed under: drug abuse help centers

Dr. Neil Capretto, medical director of Gateway Rehabilitation Center in Beaver County, said the increase in addiction is a result of overprescription of pain medication such as Vicodin and Oxycontin, which is four times more than 1999. He said enough …
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Light-up Nation: What Israel can teach America about medical marijuana

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The Cohen home soon became a temple in the area for believers in the healing powers of cannabis — a legendary family operation that, in this early golden era, served as a grow house, a pharmacy and a treatment center all in one. ….. Researchers in …
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Safety Center Issues: Keeping the Mentally Ill Out of Harm's Way

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While an RFP selection process is contemplated, it's taken as a given that the facility would be operated by the Helen Ross McNabb Center, the community's foremost provider of mental health services and also substance abuse treatment for the most …
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