Drug Prevention: Oregon Partnership – Meth Prevention

Drug Prevention: Oregon Partnership – Meth Prevention – The Methamphetamine Awareness Project (MAP) is an innovative drug prevention project to reduce, delay, and prevent teen methamphetamine use in targeted commu…

Who Wants to Save a Junkie?

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But Oregon—once in the forefront of helping protect the health of drug addicts—has not joined in. Now, Oregon senators are considering a bill to make it easier to distribute Narcan. By doing so, lawmakers will shift the state's efforts to fight drug …
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Christopher Knafelc, Philadelphia Man, Jumps On Train Tracks To Save Fallen …

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Knafelc said he has battled substance abuse – including heroin and the powerful pain drug Oxycontin – since he was in middle school in Baden, a small town outside Pittsburgh, and spent years in and out of rehab. "I created a pretty deep hole to come …
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Oregon Counting On Numbers To Help Track Healthcare Reform

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So, to set a baseline, Oregon Health and Science University looked into how often doctors currently ask patients about drug or alcohol abuse — not just whether they smoke or drink, but whether they're abusing substances. The answer? Virtually never.
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