A May 27 article headed “Study finds half of men arrested test positive for drugs” reports:
Not only do the findings show “a clear link between drugs and crime,” they also highlight the
need to provide drug treatment, says Gil Kerlikowske, director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, which will make the data public Thursday.
WATCHDOG: Yet only about 300 of over 5,000 Lancastrians who suffer from heroin addiction can obtain Suboxone from physicians to enable them to live normal, productive lives. Only a hand full of local doctors are willing to treat this population, in large part because government fees are low.
And what is Lancaster General Hospital doing about this? Very little, despite the non-profit institutions $113 million in profits last year. NewsLanc will report more on this next week on the web, the radio, and in print.
