NALTREXONE, BUPRENORPHINE, HIGH school athletes, NARCOTICS, PUBLIC opinion, RURAL conditions, SUBSTANCE abuse, SUBSTANCE abuse treatment, TREATMENT programs, THERAPEUTICS
Abstract
The article discusses the need for opioid treatment in Putnam County, New York as of October 2015. Topics covered include the story about former athletes from the area who had become addicted to heroin through prescription painkillers for sports injuries and the 30-day stay involved in the Phase 1 of treatment at Saint Christopher's Inn.