Central Indiana Teen Challenge
Central Indiana Teen Challenge – CITC works with families to restore adolescent females (ages 13-17) with life controlling problems to a productive lifestyle and become mentally sound, emotionally balanced, socially adjusted, physically well and spiritually alive.
Drug-exposed babies, a growing problem in Delaware County
Filed under: Indiana Drug Abuse
The state's Prenatal Substance Abuse Commission has reported that between 5 and 6 percent of children born in Indiana have been exposed to drugs while in utero. In 2011, 1726 babies were born at Indiana University Health Ball Memorial Hospital.
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Delaware County battling legal, illegal opiates
Filed under: Indiana Drug Abuse
Drug manufacturers use refined opium and morphine base to make codeine, morphine and heroin, which is 10 times more potent than morphine. Other opiate derivatives include hydrocodone (in Vicodin and Norco), oxycodone (in long acting Oxycontin and …
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