Articles tagged as: addiction
May 10, 2016
Richmond Hospital Sees Increase In Opioid-Addicted Newborns
Hospital representatives say 23 babies were born with an opioid addiction through the first four months of this year.
Read MoreMay 10, 2016
The Link Between Drug Use And Acute Hepatitis
Acute cases of hepatitis C are increasing in Indiana, and public health officials are pointing to injection drug use as the biggest reason.
Read MoreMay 9, 2016
Hep C Increases In Indiana, Deaths Lag Behind US Average
State health department officials say reasons for that increase could include more testing, an increase in test accuracy and a rise in injection drug use.
Read MoreApril 28, 2016
Wayne County Prosecutor Creates Drug Treatment Program
Offenders arrested for using or possessing small amounts of drugs and other petty crimes driven by drug use will be given the choice to take part in the program.
Read MoreApril 5, 2016
A Year After Indiana's Historic HIV Outbreak, Addiction Treatment Lags
Since the beginning of last year, only 69 Scott County residents have gone into the inpatient rehab program run by the community mental health center, and that includes the people who didn't finish.
Read MoreMarch 31, 2016
Inside A Small Brick House At The Heart Of Indiana's Opioid Crisis
Prescription painkiller abuse sparked an HIV outbreak in rural Indiana. Kelly McEvers takes NPR's new podcast, Embedded, inside the home where IV drug users meet.
Read MoreMarch 22, 2016
Pence Signs Seven Bills Aimed At Curbing Illegal Drug Use
Indiana Gov. Mike Pence says the state is taking a "three-legged stool approach" to confronting drug abuse and addiction in Indiana by making more treatment options available, strengthening law enforcement and increasing prevention efforts.
Read MoreMarch 11, 2016
Detox Reuben Engagement Center To Open In July
The Reuben Engagement Center is designed to have 20 beds come from the homeless population and 10 beds come from IMPD, says Alan Witchey, executive director of the Coaltion for Homelessness Intervention and Prevention.
Read MoreMarch 10, 2016
Indiana VA's To Start Monitoring Prescriptions
For the first time Indiana veterans hospitals will be tracking prescription information. The new partnership aims to curb abuse of controlled substances, especially opioids.
Read MoreMarch 10, 2016
Johnson County Officials Vow To Address Area's Drug Problem
More than 20 arrest warrants for drug-related offenses were secured in the past month by the Franklin Police Department's special investigations unit. Authorities secured 50 felony arrest warrants for suspected drug dealers in September.
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