Former Sex Workers Help Other Women Escape 'The Life'

Published August 28, 2013

Former Sex Workers Help Other Women Escape 'The Life'

Filed under: drug abuse treatment programs

An innovative program run out of the Cook County Sheriff's Office uses the expertise of former sex workers to help prostitutes turn their lives around, and puts the emphasis on targeting the johns. Share. facebook; twitter · google plus · email; print …
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Morning Break: Dry AMD Drug, Google Glass in the OR

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The White House is holding a media briefing today to tout efforts to tame the drug-overdose epidemic. In April, the administration announced a drug policy shift, treating substance abuse as a public health problem instead of a police matter. Check back …
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Program to give free drug needles to curb disease

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The studies found injection-drug users are more likely to enter drug treatment programs and get off drugs since the needle exchange programs bring them into contact people who want to help them in a nonjudgmental way. One study found the incidence of …
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