LIVINGSTON COUNTY – The Livingston County Council on Alcohol and Substance Abuse (CASA) is the first in the region to offer a new implant designed to administer opioid addiction medication to addicts without using pills, which themselves can be illegally sold and abused. According to a press release from CASA, Dr. Thomas Walters, Medical Director of the CASA Geneseo clinic, has recently been trained and is now certified to administer the … [Read more...]
Dr. Davis: The Neurobiology of Opioid Addiction
The following was submitted to the GeneseeSun.com for publication by Dr. Barbara Davis, who has been a professor of neuroscience at U of R Medical Center for 30 years. Look for further insights and articles by Dr. Davis on the GeneseeSun.com in the future. Increased drug busts and arrests in Livingston County have called attention to the growing problem of heroin addiction in our community. As our Sheriff continues to engage the issue on … [Read more...]