State Senate hears challenge of opiate treatment
MONTPELIER — An estimated 50,000 people in Vermont need treatment for addiction problems every year and don't get it, and efforts to expand treatment options for people addicted to heroin and other opiates are expected to increase pressure on the …
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Recovery home for female offenders in the works in LaPorte
LAPORTE — A residential program in LaPorte to help female offenders stay out of jail and overcome their drug addictions has been several years in the making with donations of money now exceeding $ 100,000. If everything goes at the current pace, the …
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Cody's story: At 21, recovering heroin addict starts over
Cody Lewis, a recovering heroin addict, talks abut his life and addiction at the Good Samaritan Methodist Church in Addison, Ill. Lewis speaks openly about his struggles. At age 12, he turned to marijuana. By his freshman year, he was smoking weed …
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