Jindal lessens jail time for some drug offenses
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The shift to rehabilitation and substance abuse treatment for low-risk offenders is expected to save $ 6 million next year, in a state with repeated budget shortfalls and with more people in prison per capita than any other state in the nation. Savings …
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ADA: Drug Combo Beats Step-Up Tx in New T2D
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CHICAGO — Starting newly-diagnosed type 2 diabetes patients on triple combination therapy rather than progressing step-wise up from metformin keeps glucose lower for longer, a randomized trial showed. Hemoglobin A1c at 24 months was 6% with the …
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Court hearing to determine New Orleans jail cost
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Prison experts said treatment for mental or physical conditions was badly lacking and that violent inmates were often mixed in with vulnerable ones. The sheriff, even while downplaying problems at the jail, said the agreement will aid reform, and he …
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Heroin arrests, overdoses on the rise in Maine
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Heroin was the primary drug or one of the primary drugs in 21 Maine deaths last year, compared to six the year before. So far in 2013, more than 1,100 people have sought treatment for heroin addiction, compared to 2,241 for all of 2012. ___ …
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