John Morales
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- April 10, 2023
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Former drug dealer helps people in Salem battle addiction
Josh Lair, 44, bent down and rolled up his pant legs to reveal a tattoo spanning throughout both of those shins that browse “HOPE Vendor.” “I applied to be a…
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- April 7, 2023
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From Orgasms to Overdoses: How Marie Nyswander Went from Treating ‘Sexual Frigidity’ to Heroin Addiction
In the early 1950s Marie Nyswander was ready to move on from addiction. She set up a private practice and specialized in treating women afflicted with what she would call one…
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- April 5, 2023
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Opioid addiction treatment in EDs not a guarantee
Illustration: Shoshana Gordon/Axios The overdose crisis is prompting extra hospitals to initiate opioid habit cure in crisis rooms — a improve welcomed by numerous behavioral health gurus. Of course, but:…
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- April 3, 2023
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Mothers Face Broken Addiction Treatment System
This story was produced via a USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism Data Fellowship. Kayla Quinones began having contractions a few hours after midnight. Her baby, Jacarri, was on the…
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- April 2, 2023
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Why a criminology prof wants addiction clinics within 500m of major transit hubs
Day 610:12Fight violence on community transit with addiction centres at transit hubs, claims Calgary criminologist Some towns in Canada are encountering a surge in acts of violence on public transportation and…
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- March 31, 2023
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Marie Nyswander Changed the Landscape of Addiction. Here’s How Her Story Begins.
In 1946, Marie Nyswander, a recent medical school graduate, joined the U.S. Public Health Service looking for adventure abroad. Instead, they sent her to Lexington, Kentucky’s Narcotic Farm, a prison…
