Heroin Task Force Focuses on Treatment Options, Availability in Madison County

Heroin task force focuses on treatment options, availability in Madison County
Addiction occurs when the brain develops specific opiate receptors that can only be filled by drugs derived from opium, such as heroin. When those receptors are not filled, the person suffers from chills, tremors, irritability, … Park said Wellspring …
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The Case Against Prohibition
Before Nixon declared the war on drugs in the early 1970s, policing was a different creature altogether. Police were the “good guys” going after the “bad guys”–the rapists, the murderers, the child molesters–most people could agree society was better …
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Hanover vs. heroin: Not just an urban problem
As leader of the Adams County Drug Task Force, First Assistant Attorney Brian Sinnett has also seen a gradual but significant increase in heroin use in recent years. A decade ago, he …. At Cornerstone Counseling and Education Services in Hanover …
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