Nurse who stole drugs at seniors home gets conditional sentence
A nurse who stole medication from patients at a seniors home to feed her drug addiction has been given house arrest. Deanne Bartlett was sentenced to a 15-month conditional sentence, with two years' … He said she is now in a stable relationship, has …
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For Heroin Treatment, Testing A New Drug And 'Peddling Hope'
For years, the jail's medical director, Steve Descoteaux, and his team would help inmates detox, get health insurance and counseling, connect them to a recovery program, and set up a treatment appointment for the day of their release. “Just about all …
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Travel to lands of the heart
… she had watched helplessly as her beloved older sister succumbed to heroin addiction and a fatal overdose, which she writes about with touching but unsentimental honesty. As Cameron grieves, Simmins is recovering from a failed long-term relationship.
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