UW|360 February 2014 – Homeless Nurse

UW|360 February 2014 – Homeless Nurse — Formerly homeless youth living on the streets of Seattle, Portland and Vancouver, who after a harrowing experience with a flesh-eating disease, was inspired …

NJ Senate panel considers options for dealing with heroin, painkiller addiction
Gordon also asked Gray whether the council's proposed hotline would help people navigate the state's network of substance abuse services, or whether the state should have an ombudsman to help guide consumers. “There are so many people out there totally …
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Man shares intimate struggle with addiction
Addicted to cocaine by the age of 20 and hooked on heroin and opiate-based painkillers by the age of 23, MacNeil was a graduate of six inpatient drug treatment programs by the time he arrived at the Serenity House in Wallingford earlier this month. He …
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Innovative Approach to Community Medicine Includes Addressing Social Ills
There were numerous vacant homes around the hospital in the late 1980s and 1990s, and open-air drug markets fueled by the crack cocaine epidemic were operating within a few blocks of the hospital. … Over time, the foundation drew on federal and …
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