Addiction – The Journal

COVID-19 pandemic may be driving rise in opioid deaths

Overdoses rose in 2020 as people faced heightened risk factors

DATE: Jan 21, 2021 | CATEGORY: Living

Social distancing reduces number of Detox referrals

Stress triggers, including stay-at-home order, could reverse trend

DATE: Apr 9, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Attorney general confident OxyContin maker will settle Colorado lawsuit

Weiser: Funds from legal battle should boost treatment

DATE: May 14, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Emergency room at Mercy hospital cuts back on opioids

Medical center reports 7% decline in narcotic treatment

DATE: May 2, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Recovered alcoholic encourages others to look beyond addiction

Opioid Memorial Wall part of addiction education campaign

DATE: Apr 26, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

In Colorado, as drug use increases, so does syphilis

Opioid use in La Plata County contributes to increase

DATE: Mar 3, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Addiction clinic opens on Florida Road

Medication-assisted opioid treatment rare in Southwest Colorado

DATE: Jan 21, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Recovery group helps young people establish new lifestyles

Woman starts local chapter to provide more options

DATE: Nov 30, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Former heroin addict becomes hooked on fly fishing

Medication, counseling and support groups also key in recovery

DATE: Nov 30, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

State measures aim to address opioids as deaths continue to rise

Pending Medicaid measure could provide inpatient treatments

DATE: Jun 4, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Are Gardner, Bennet, Tipton bills a prescription for opioid crisis?

Southwest Colorado congressmen introduce legislation to address a national epidemic

DATE: Mar 11, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Drug Court funding dries up

Judge: Court out of money until July

DATE: Jan 28, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News