MORE ON: drug addiction

Daily Report: Health and Welfare

Meth vaccine shows promise in early testing

November 6, 2012, 12:05 AM
Considered one of the most widely abused and addictive recreational drugs, researchers may be one step closer to knocking down the destructive pull of methamphetamine. A team of scientists at the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla has developed a vaccine that appears to protect... + read more
Spotlight: Public Safety

Majority of third-strike inmates are addicts, records show

September 30, 2012, 12:05 AM
Psychological, substance abuse and education profiles of inmates reveal high numbers of addicts, but fewer at high risk for violent crimes. + read more
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Data: Public Safety

Interactive: Assessing risks among California's prisoners

September 30, 2012, 12:05 AM
Amid another debate over California’s three strikes law, never-before-released inmate profiles show a high number of substance abusers but much fewer prisoners with high-risk “criminal thinking” scores. + read more
Daily Report: Health and Welfare

Report: Ban on medical care at drug rehab centers must end

September 5, 2012, 12:05 AM
State Senate investigators are calling on lawmakers to lift a ban on medical care in residential drug treatment facilities, pointing to dysfunction and deaths in facilities stymied by outdated laws. A report issued yesterday by the Senate Office of Oversight and Outcomes links lax... + read more
Daily Report: Health and Welfare

Controversy surrounds effort to help addicted doctors, protect patients

August 24, 2012, 12:05 AM
Five years ago, a state program to help doctors struggling with addiction was shut down after repeated audits found it failed to hold addicts accountable and fell short in protecting the public. While there is widespread support for current legislation that would replace the program, the ... + read more
Spotlight: Health and Welfare

With rise in young painkiller abusers, officials see more heroin overdoses

August 15, 2012, 12:05 AM
Many young men and women who became addicted to pills like OxyContin are now IV heroin users, experts say + read more
Spotlight: Health and Welfare

Suburban junkies

August 15, 2012, 12:05 AM
In California’s Orange County, some prescription drug addicts are turning to heroin for a cheaper high. This growing problem appears to be hitting hardest in affluent communities around the state. + read more
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