Suboxone, an Addiction Treatment Drug, Seeps Into Ohio Prisons as Contraband
Suboxone, an addiction treatment drug, seeps into Ohio prisons as contraband
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CLEVELAND, Ohio — A simple greeting card mailed to an inmate contained more than words from a well-wisher: it had 20 strips of Suboxone, a drug used to satisfy the brain's hunger for opiates and limit the harsh withdrawal crash that addicts suffer …
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End war on drugs, says Durham police chief Mike Barton
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Class A drugs should be decriminalised and drug addicts "treated and cared for not criminalised", according to a senior UK police officer. Writing in the Observer, Chief Constable Mike Barton of Durham Police said prohibition had put billions of pounds …
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Drug addict John Christopher Walmsley jailed for assisting girlfriend's death …
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The 25-year-old woman first met Walmsley in 2010 while he was recovering from a heroin addiction. In the following months, Walmsley reverted to old drug habits and the woman joined him. She became heavily involved with heroin to the point that she …
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