As Hepatitis C Spreads, Scotland Steps In

As Hepatitis C Spreads, Scotland Steps In
Because symptoms often don't surface until decades after infection, many people don't know they are infected. To find infections in current drug users, Scotland is blanketing needle exchanges with simple finger-prick diagnostic kits. After identifying … Read more on Wall Street Journal

Addiction-fighting meds work for many
Suboxone and methadone — the two principal drug treatments for opiate dependence and addiction — are available through private clinics in Greenfield, and Suboxone through the rare general medical practice. If used properly, neither impart the … Read more on The Recorder

Baltimore jail among nation's worst for staff-inmate sex
White allegedly used relationships with officers to further the gang's activities as it smuggled contraband including drugs, cigarettes and cellphones into the jail. According to calls intercepted as part of the investigation and … Lovisa Stannow … Read more on Baltimore Sun (blog)