Price of Addiction: New opioid treatment can work wonders but there are limits …

Price of Addiction: New opioid treatment can work wonders but there are limits …

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Another drug therapy — buprenorphine, which goes under the brand name Suboxone — is dispensed mainly through doctors' offices, rather than methadone clinics. Fueled by a nationwide opioid abuse epidemic, which is particularly acute in Oregon, …
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Oregon Lottery: Gamblers hooked on slot machines leave a trail of debt …

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… from California and soon became swept up in the Oregon Lottery line games. Here, he talks about his quick descent into gambling addiction, his way into treatment and, eventually, how he went on to mentoring other addicts. …. In its latest …
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LA Social Workers Strike For The First Time In Over A Decade

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The county Department of Children and Family Services — understaffed even before the walkout — scrambled to have managers with field experience respond to emergency calls about abused and neglected children, and is seeking help from other agencies …
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