Archive for the ‘Drug Abuse Statistics’ Category
4 Shocking Facts About Prescription Drug Abuse in America – Care2.com
4 Shocking Facts About Prescription Drug Abuse in America – Care2.com
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4 Shocking Facts About Prescription Drug Abuse in America
Care2.com According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), rates of death by drug overdose have more than tripled since 1990, but the deceased weren't smoking crack or shooting heroin into their veins. They're not even unemployed and homeless. In fact … Community coalition confronts prescription drug abuse |
Drug Abuse Statistics – Google News
Prescription Drug Abuse Increases on US Campuses – The Arkanas Traveller
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Prescription Drug Abuse Increases on US Campuses
The Arkanas Traveller As of 2013, Arkansas had the highest rate of teen prescription abuse, according to Community Organization for Drug Education. Abuse of pain relievers is the highest rate among ages 12-25. Seventy percent of people in that age group admitted to … |
'Wicked Sober' Connects Addicts and Their Families With the Right Resources
'Wicked Sober' Connects Addicts and Their Families With the Right Resources
Soon after, as the habit to use Oxycontin became too expensive, he turned to heroin to keep his withdrawal symptoms in check—a sequence of abuse that's all too familiar for those addicted to the drug. Now on the mend for half a decade, Duggan, a …
Read more on Boston magazine’s Boston Daily (blog)
4 Shocking Facts About Prescription Drug Abuse in America – Care2.com
4 Shocking Facts About Prescription Drug Abuse in America – Care2.com
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4 Shocking Facts About Prescription Drug Abuse in America
Care2.com According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), rates of death by drug overdose have more than tripled since 1990, but the deceased weren't smoking crack or shooting heroin into their veins. They're not even unemployed and homeless. In fact … Community coalition confronts prescription drug abuse |
Drug Abuse Statistics – Google News
Prescription Drug Abuse Increases on US Campuses – The Arkanas Traveller
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Prescription Drug Abuse Increases on US Campuses
The Arkanas Traveller As of 2013, Arkansas had the highest rate of teen prescription abuse, according to Community Organization for Drug Education. Abuse of pain relievers is the highest rate among ages 12-25. Seventy percent of people in that age group admitted to … |
Help? What Do I Major and Minor In?
Question by billya: Help? What do i major and minor in?
I want to be a drug and alcohol rehab counselor? What do i need to major in? what are some good schools anywhere in the us?
Best answer:
Answer by gymnastnikki
go to a college that offers “addiction studies” or “substance abuse counseling” as a major. im pretty sure those are the two most common names for that major. there are 49 four-year colleges in the us that offer that major. to see a list of those colleges, go to google.com and type in “collegeboard matchmaker” and click on the first website that comes up. then fill in as little or as many preferences as youd like, and a list of colleges will pop up, based on your criteria! 🙂
Overdoses Claim More Ohioans
Overdoses claim more Ohioans
Accidental drug-overdose deaths hit a record 1,914 in Ohio in 2012, as deadly abuse shifted dramatically toward heroin from prescription drugs. An Ohioan died from a drug overdose every five hours as total deaths rose 8.4 percent in 2012 compared with 2011. Drug Abuse Statistics – Yahoo News Search Results
Tennessee Substance Abuse Treatment Facility Agrees to Resolve False Claims …
Tennessee Substance Abuse Treatment Facility Agrees to Resolve False Claims …
CRC owns and operates a residential substance abuse treatment facility in Burns, Tennessee, called New Life Lodge. The government alleged that, between 2006 and 2012, New Life Lodge billed the Tennessee Medicaid program (TennCare) for substance …
Read more on Federal Bureau of Investigation (press release)
Barriers Remain Despite Health Law's Push To Expand Access To Substance …
"There is no illness that will be more favorably affected [by the Affordable Care Act] than substance abuse," said A. Thomas McLellan, former U.S. deputy drug czar and now chief executive officer of Treatment Research Institute in Philadelphia. "This …
Read more on Kaiser Health News