NYIT Roundtable-Heroin Treatment (Part 1)

Published January 26, 2013

NYIT Roundtable-Heroin Treatment (Part 1) – Nassau County Assistant District Attorney Rene Fiechter talks to Patricia Hinken, President of NAFAS (Nassau Alliance for Addiction Services) and Jamie Bogenshutz, Past President for NAFAS about treatment and recovery for heroin users.

Father and son commended in court for confronting heroin addict sneak thief

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Judge Peter Armstrong said he wanted to give the complainant a chance to break what he called a cycle of drugs and offending and suspended an eight month jail sentence on him for two years. He would undergo a drugs treatment course for six months and …
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Many jails in Oklahoma disregard state law requiring methadone treatment

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Many jails in Oklahoma are ignoring a state law requiring jail physicians to provide treatment to prevent inmates from undergoing methadone and opiate withdrawal during their incarceration. President of the Oklahoma Association for the Treatment of …
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