Colts owner enters treatment center following arrest
A three-sentence statement released Tuesday said Irsay on Monday had "voluntarily checked into a highly-respected health care facility and is committed to undergoing the treatment and care necessary to help him meet his challenges head-on." Irsay was …
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Blumenthal, Murphy call for action on heroin deaths
The pair announced their ideas to tackle the state's dramatic increase in heroin-related overdose deaths during a press conference at a substance abuse treatment center in Hartford. Other parts of their five-point plan include supporting increased …
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Presciption drug abuse 'prep school for heroin'
A. Thomas McLellan, CEO and co-founder of the Treatment Research Institute, said prescription drug abuse is “now recognized as a national epidemic.” McLellan, the former science adviser and deputy director of the White House Office of National Drug …
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Battling the beast at the door
Getting him into a methadone treatment facility was nearly impossible, with months' long waiting lists and high costs. In July 2011, he tried to … Sally Kalb also detailed her daughter's fight to overcome drug abuse and treatment options. “I …
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