How Lines for Life Helps Out the Addicted 24/7

Published December 23, 2012

How Lines for Life helps out the addicted 24/7

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Lines for Life volunteer Lee Dakota helps substance abuse callers in Oregon by offering them options. … In Kentucky, the anti-drug organization Operation UNITE, in the Appalachian region of the state, operates a referral line that's narrower in scope.
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Recovery Kentucky centers use a supportive program in which the clients hold …

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The Courier-Journal has been investigating the state's prescription drug abuse epidemic for two years, publishing stories on the rising toll of drug overdoses, the Florida pain-pill pipeline, and rogue pain clinics. Today, in the project's sixth …
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Surveillance authority expiring unless Senate acts

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AP IMPACT: Big Pharma cashes in on HGH abuse · AP IMPACT: Big Pharma cashes in on HGH … hormone has failed to stop rampant…More >>. By DAVID B. CARUSO and JEFF DONN Associated Press A federal crackdown on illicit foreign supplies of human growth …
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Growing number are struggling to deal with drug addictions and homelessness

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“That's what drugs do; they totally ruin your life,” said Mark Eskelsen, 47. “We're trying to stay sober now.” The Eskelsens reflect a large and growing group struggling with homelessness and addiction. Oregon has one of the nation's highest rates of …
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