Opiate Overdoses Bring Call for More Drug Courts

Published February 26, 2014

Opiate overdoses bring call for more drug courts
GREENFIELD — The recent spike in opiate deaths and overdoses in Massachusetts has created a public-health crisis that demands a speedy, sweeping response, including more courts to deal specifically with drug-addicted defendants, the chief justice of …
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Gainesville drug testing policy draws scrutiny
Gainesville will implement a zero-tolerance drug-testing policy beginning Saturday for public safety workers, with termination of employment the penalty for a single failed test. But substance abuse specialists have concerns about how effective the …
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Generation Gap: College student says marijuana a gateway drug, NH should not …
I have never had a desire to try marijuana because I know of plenty of people who have used this drug. I have witnessed this substance lead to the use of other drugs, followed by addiction, criminal behavior in order to support drug use, and the …
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