Tag: National Institute on Drug Abuse
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Too many heroin addicts, too few treatment beds; The runaround in Miami-Dade
By Francisco Alvarado BrowardBulldog.org As a heroin epidemic builds in South Florida, one drug interventionist is finding it difficult to get Miami-Dade County’s assistance to open a long-term treatment facility.
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Amid rising deaths, a warning that heroin epidemic has begun in South Florida
By Dan Christensen BrowardBulldog.org A new report sponsored by the National Institute on Drug Abuse has determined that a heroin epidemic is underway in South Florida. “The key issue identified in 2013 is the outbreak of a heroin epidemic in South Florida and particularly in Miami-Dade County,” the report says.
