Drug Rehab Center Finds New Home

DAREA graduation at Burlington
By Liz Beavers [email protected] Tribune Managing Editor BURLINGTON – “There are 200 poisons in a cigarette. There are 400 poisons in marijuana. Marijuana, nicotine and alcohol can cause brain, liver and heart disease.”

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Q & A: All about opioids, their benefits and risks
The escalating problem of prescription drug abuse has cast a spotlight on opioids, the narcotic painkillers that doctors are prescribing in record numbers, yet are being abused and killing more people than ever. In 2006, the most recent year for which federal statistics are available, 180 million prescriptions were written for these drugs. And 11,000 people died from misusing them. Experts say …

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Drug rehab center finds new home
A live-in drug rehab center for youth is planning to make its new home in Rutland County but the director isn’t saying where, just yet. … – By CRISTINA KUMKA Staff Writer

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