Addiction

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Axis Health System CEO Bern Heath to retire

built new facilities, integrated health care

December 4, 2019

Local News

Attorney general confident maker of OxyContin will settle Colorado lawsuit

Weiser: Funds from legal battle should boost treatment

May 13, 2019

Local News

Emergency room at Mercy hospital cuts back on opioids

Medical center reports 7% decline in narcotic treatment

May 2, 2019

Local News

Recovered alcoholic encourages others to look beyond addiction

Memorial Wall part of addiction education campaign

April 26, 2019

Local News

As drug use rises, so does the spread of syphilis

use in La Plata County attributes to increase

March 3, 2019

Local News

State looks to expand opioid treatment centers, but not in Southwest Colorado

Montezuma County has one of highest overdose death rates

January 28, 2019

Local News

Addiction clinic opens on Florida Road

Medication-assisted opioid treatment rare in Southwest Colorado

January 21, 2019

Local News

Recovery group helps young people establish new lifestyles

starts local chapter to provide more options

November 30, 2018

Local News

Former heroin addict becomes hooked on fly fishing

Medication, counseling and support groups also key in recovery

November 30, 2018

Local News

Treatment is changing to prevent opioid addiction

strategies focus on safely prescribing medications

November 14, 2018

Local News

Court-ordered drug offenders being sent out of area for inpatient care

Options drying up for intense residential treatment

October 12, 2018

Local News

Opioid Memorial Wall to visit Durango on Monday

of opioid-related deaths rises in state, nation

October 12, 2018

Music

Celebrities offer singer Demi Lovato support after reports of hospitalization for apparent overdose

Singer Demi Lovato has reportedly been hospitalized for an overdose.Bloomberg photo by David Paul Morris Singer Kehlani, who opened for…

July 24, 2018

Local News

State opioid measures aim to address opioids as deaths continue to rise

Pending Medicaid measure could provide inpatient treatments

June 3, 2018

Local News

Colorado lawmakers propose bills to address opioid addiction

900 residents died last year from drug overdoses

January 22, 2018

Regional News

New Mexico looks for opioid solutions amid tributes to dead

The unique display at a summit attended by some 300 people in the nation’s most Hispanic state comes amid Dia…

November 3, 2017

Pine River Times news

Legislative committee to study opioid addiction

Lawmakers will look at how other communities acted to combat growing problem

July 10, 2017

Education

Ignacio High School students win silver medal at state competition

and Velasquez tackled opioid addiction with their project

May 17, 2017

Local News

Investor of rehab center north of Durango frantically searches for new director

Denver investor Vincent Franco said he had high hopes for Wit’s End Ranch Retreat, but those dreams came crashing down…

November 12, 2016

Local News

Drug and alcohol addiction treatment center approved on Goeglein

Residential center could serve 20 people

August 30, 2016

Local News

Drug, alcohol residential treatment center proposed on Goeglein Gulch Road

Durango Planning Commission gives project early nod

June 27, 2016

Local News

Overdose confirmed in homeless man’s death

Shaw was found on Animas riverbank in May

June 13, 2016

Local News

Body found on west bank of Animas River identified

members: Randy Shaw a good man plagued by drugs

May 22, 2016

Local News

Healing Spirits to hold trio of events this week

focuses on community health in Ignacio

April 6, 2016