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Health Department looks at root causes of addiction

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copyright the Chronicle March 15, 2017   by Joseph Gresser   NEWPORT — Preventing heroin addiction may be as simple, or as complicated, as paying attention to the difficulties individuals face in their early years and offering help to overcome those traumas. T... More »

Former addicts discuss routes to recovery

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copyright the Chronicle February 1, 2017   by Joseph Gresser   NEWPORT — A panel of a dozen people, all with experience in the field of opioid addiction and treatment, engaged in a freewheeling discussion Monday night. The two-hour conversation, moderated by J... More »

NEK End Addiction holds forum at Lake Region

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copyright the Chronicle September 28, 2016 by Elizabeth Trail When Melissa Zebrowski’s brother and Jeannette Birch’s son died of drug overdoses in December and March, the two women’s reactions were to channel their grief into fighting the local heroin epidemic... More »