Substance abuse expert: Increased marijuana use will lead to more crowded …

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Mark Thomson is the former director of a local addiction treatment program for adolescents and their families and a member of the Kent County Prevention Coalition, a local substance abuse prevention organization focused on reducing adolescent use of …
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Plan to End Methadone Use at Albuquerque Jail Prompts Alarm

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Here in New Mexico, which has long been plagued by one of the nation's worst heroin scourges, there is no shortage of participants — hundreds each year — who have gone through the program. In November, however, the … In a study published in 2009 in …
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Innovative drug courts need help

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It's unfortunate that earlier this year, the governor vetoed a promising bill that would have saved the state money by diverting nonviolent offenders out of state prisons and into community-based substance-abuse treatment and education programs.
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