Drugs Hurt

Drugs Hurt — Drugs hurt more than the user. Inside-Out Peer Helper Madie shares her own story about the pain of drug abuse. Never underestimate the pain that surrounds a …

Kentuckiana faces rising problem of drug abuse and addiction
According to the report, “presented counts and rates likely underestimate the full extent of overdose deaths in Kentucky.” Jonathan had been living with his girlfriend, Tabitha, 21, and their 16-month-old son, … Marla Highbaugh, director of …
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Measuring the scourge of hard-drug use
In order to adequately measure the scale and scope of illegal drug use in the U.S. — and properly determine how much funding and treatment is needed — organizations and agencies have to have first-rate information available. But one of those measures …
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HIV Coinfection Ups Hepatic Decompensation in HCV Patients
Study limitations include possible misclassification or underestimation of decompensation outcomes, residual confounding by unmeasured factors such as duration of HCV infection or drug or alcohol abuse during follow-up, a longer median follow-up time …
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