Excellent article about the inadequate and antiquated treatments for people suffering from the disease of addiction. Things need to change.
There’s A Treatment For Heroin Addiction That Actually Works.Why Aren’t We Using It?
http://projects.huffingtonpost.com/dying-to-be-free-heroin-treatment
The last image we have of Patrick Cagey is of his first moments as a free man. He has just walked out of a 30-day drug treatment center in Georgetown, Kentucky, dressed in gym clothes and carrying a Nike duffel bag…
He had been a dominant wrestler in high school… (Thinking about you, Cameron.)
(I’m also thinking about how sports and athletics can injure and maim kids before they even get the chance to become adults.)
In the months before Patrick’s death, Sydney Pangallo, 23, a recent Recovery Works alumna, suffered a fatal overdose. Dan Kerwin, 23, attended a Recovery Works program in the spring, and his sister found him dead of an overdose during the July 4th weekend. Tabatha Roland, 24, suffered a fatal overdose in April — one week after graduating…
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