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rudamese/Pixabay/Recovering from a substance abuse addiction is neither easy nor fast. And the challenges become that much greater in the current environment, with much of… -
We hear about people who got strung out on drugs when they become statistics, like when they die of drug overdoses. Erin Khar offers up a personal story…
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The opioid painkiller drugs got the lion's share of attention from law enforcement and media in recent years. But methamphetamine continues to be a… -
You can be forgiven if you hear the news about methamphetamine and think "I saw this movie already." Methamphetamine trafficking is a major concern once…
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Other parts of the country seem to get more attention, but Oregon ranks high in its drug addiction rate, and low in its access to treatment. The state…
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OnTrack provides substance abuse treatment in the Rogue Valley, and has been working to right its ship after several bumpy years. A new bump emerged in…
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They already teamed up on a book that took a middle road on the vaccine debate. Now Dr. Paul Thomas and Ashland journalist Jennifer Margulis explore…
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The Yurok tribe is looking for funding for "wellness villages," which are planned living sites along the river where the tribe can help reintegrate people…
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The experiments with hallucinogenic drugs years ago were meant to find out if they had therapeutic uses... could LSD and its relatives help people? The…
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Drug addiction is one of the stories of our time. Still. The drugs change, but the addictions keep on coming, despite The War on Drugs and many other…
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The reaction was sharp and negative when Turing Pharmaceuticals raised the price of one of its drugs... from $13.50 per pill to $750.00. The company CEO…
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The HIV Alliance in Eugene puts a lot of time and effort into curbing the chances of people getting HIV infections. The alliance already offers needle…
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A bill signed by Oregon's governor has reclassified personal-use possession of cocaine, methamphetamine and other drugs as a misdemeanor from a…
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Headlines in other parts of the country keep saying Oregon has "decriminalized" some drug offenses. That is not quite the case, but it is true that the…
