Prescription Painkiller Deaths Have Skyrocketed in Women, CDC Says

Prescription painkiller deaths have skyrocketed in women, CDC says
The report's findings didn't surprise Dr. Joseph Lee, medical director for youth services for the Minnesota-headquartered Hazelden Foundation, one of the leading substance-abuse treatment centers in the country. Over the past 10 years, Hazelden has …
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Hennepin County heroin fears surge with deaths, ODs
Minnesota Adult and Teen Challenge, which runs treatment centers across the state, set a record for admissions earlier this year. In March, Dakota County had its largest heroin bust in its history, seizing more than 2 pounds from an Apple Valley apartment.
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Rocking the sober way at Hazelden's music festival
Unlike the Basilica Block Party, though, you won't have to worry about long beer lines at Saturday's HazelFest, a first-of-its-kind festival at Minnesota's one-of-kind treatment center, Hazelden, in Center City. Twin Cities musicians GB Leighton, “The …
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