Bath Salts Incidents Down Since DEA Banned Synthetic Drug

Bath Salts Incidents Down Since DEA Banned Synthetic Drug

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A prison guard allegedly committed battery, burglary and more during a mini crime spree across two southern Illinois towns while possibly intoxicated on the drug. A mom supposedly got high on the ever-evolving formula of chemicals and raised hell …
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Suburban heroin user tells how he got sucked in, how he got out

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The study — titled “Heroin Usage in National and Illinois Perspectives” — found that heroin-related treatment in Illinois emergency rooms jumped 27 percent for people age 20 or younger between 2008 and 2010. It also showed that the Chicago …
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Lake County Health Dept. To Use State Grants For Drug Programs

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The State of Illinois recently awarded the Lake County Health Department and Community Health Center four drug prevention grants totaling $ 574,297. The health department will use … Individual and group tobacco treatment counseling. For more …
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Genevans Randy and Sue Sycks Hold Memorial Golf Classic Sept. 10 at Eagle

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new_asset_attachment_attributes. On Sept. 10, for the final time, the Josh Sycks Memorial Golf Classic will tee off to benefit the Behavioral Health Services Center in Elgin, a substance abuse treatment program of Lutheran Social Services of Illinois …
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Drug Treatment Works, Illinois Advocates Say – (Springfield, IL) –The estimated number of Illinois residents waiting for alcohol and drug abuse assessment and treatment at state-financed facilities in 2008 rose 17 percent in, according to a report released at a press conference in Springfield, IL on May 1, 2008. The report by the Survey Research Laboratory at the University of Illinois at Chicago surveyed 106 Illinois community treatment providers in December 2007 and revealed 7541 people were waiting for some form of treatment, up from 6467 in March 2007. State Senator Jeff Schoenberg (D-Evanston) is sponsoring legislation, SB 2886, to boost prevention and treatment funding by million in this year’s budget. Craig Stallings, the Administrator of Adult Services at Rosecrance, a substance abuse treatment center in Rockford, Illinois, explains the importance of treatment. James Duncan, a client at Gateway Foundation in Illinois, testifies to the problem of state waiting lists.