Fresno area in California a hotbed for IV drug abuse
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The nation&#39;s capital of intravenous drug use is not New York or Miami, not Chicago or Detroit - but Fresno. It is an unlikely distinction for a city of fewer than 500,000
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The number of people being treated for heroin addiction in Scotland is running at record levels, research finds.
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NEW YORK  - The nation's most respected  treatment programs for teen drug abusers may frequently fall  short of what's necessary for effective treatment, a new study  suggests.
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Nonviolent drug offenders who were diverted to rehabilitation programs under Proposition 36 had higher rates of rearrest than those who remained in the criminal-justice system, a UCLA study released today says.
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FRESNO, Calif. -- First, the state doused coastal communities with a pesticide aimed at a crop-eating moth that could cause billions of dollars in damage.
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By Shelli Derobertis, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, Calif.  Dec.
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A cheaper and safer treatment for heroin addicts is found to be as effective as methadone, a study claims.
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Nine suspected drug dealers were sent to county prison Friday after a sweep by the county's Drug Task Force.           Police served search warrants on suspects they allege were involved in dealing heroin, crack cocaine and powdered cocaine on Lancaster City streets during the past year.
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By Katherine Rosenberg, Daily Press, Victorville, Calif.  Dec. 14--VICTORVILLE -- T hree Bloods gang members were arrested when authorities from the High Desert Regional Gang Team served a warrant at a suspected drug house late Tuesday night.  A ro u n d 1 0 : 4 5 p. m .
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Non-violent drug offenders who were diverted to rehabilitation programs under Proposition 36 had higher rates of rearrest than those who remained in the criminal-justice system, a UCLA study released this week says.
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By Dennis Pollock, The Fresno Bee, Calif.  Jun. 13--A program that had its beginnings in Fresno County may enable people across the country to start small farms of their own.
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A report Friday found mixed successes in California&#39;s new program that sends drug offenders to treatment instead of jail. The UCLA study concluded that nearly one third of
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THURSDAY, Aug. 19 (HealthDayNews) -- There's no 'grace period' when it comes to use of injection drugs like heroin or cocaine: A new study in Addiction finds teenage and young adult users triple their risk for death soon after taking up the habit.
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Montgomery County (website - news) is a big step closer to shopping for prescription drugs north of the border. On a 7-2 vote, the County Council is approving a plan that would give county
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MIAMI, Dec. 15 -- Executions by lethal injection were suspended in Florida and ordered revamped in California on Friday, as the chemical method once billed as a more humane way of killing the condemned came under mounting scrutiny over the pain it may cause.
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By Bill Luster, The CJ. Meth is further straining Kentucky and Indiana&#39;s underfunded systems for treating drug addicts and alcoholics, according to state officials, treatment advocates and others.
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Drug-using prisoners may be given clean needles under a scheme being considered by the Scottish Prison Service (SPS). The service has confirmed it is considering handing out kits to inmates as part of a harm-reduction programme.