Trading Acupuncture for Addiction

Length 09:15
Licensor WYPR
Producer(s) Jennifer Chang
Formats
Topics Health
Produced April 14, 2008
Added to PRX May 14, 2008
 

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Summary:

Baltimore City drug treatment courts give acupuncture a try.

Description:

About one in eight Baltimore City residents is dependent on alcohol, heroin, or cocaine - and of the 80,000 people arrested by Baltimore City police each year, 70% test positive for drugs. Acupuncture is one of the many tools that Baltimore City Drug Treatment Courts use, as a referral for rehabilitation. This piece documents a visit to the Penn North Neighborhood Center, which provides acupuncture, free of charge, for those suffering from chronic, lifelong addiction.