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Ohio lawmakers should not increase drug treatment services by penalizing the …
Substitute House Bill 369 seeks to reallocate to drug treatment alone $ 44 million of the $ 50 million currently earmarked in fiscal 2014 for both mental health services and addiction recovery programs. The breakdown the legislature approved last year …
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Question by nba_balla22: driver license in georgia???
im 15 and i have my permit
i stll have to wait my 12 months
i have a cerificate from my health class that allows me to get my license at the age of 16
my friends told me i have to take some kind of course
is this true????
or do i just need my certificate and wait for my 12 months to be over and turn 16

Best answer:

Answer by Faith In God
You have to take a drivers ed course.

I know because I lived in Georgia when I was your age. I have a niece in GA your age and she has her permit but still needs to take drivers ed.

Answer by plus123
You must successfully complete driver’s education and take the certificate when you go get your license.    Read more...

Millions for increased mental illness therapy, substance abuse
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said it plans to issue $ 50 million from the Affordable Care Act to expand mental health and substance use disorder services in approximately 200 Community Health Centers nationwide. The funds are to be …
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Cocaine Addiction: Patient Behavior Predicts Treatment Success
Similarly, positron-emission tomography (PET) imaging results revealed that the ventral striatal PET signal alone had strong accuracy in predicting individual cocaine addiction treatment response, with a cross-validated correct rate of 82%. "What this …
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Put alcohol abuse on the agenda to combat violence against women
“Many of our acts of fatal and non-fatal violence occur after alcohol and drug abuse, especially fights, some types of homicide and rape. Many victims of violence are also rendered vulnerable by alcohol. In a vicious cycle, victims of violence often …
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Army researchers build portable 'fake pot' detector to curb designer drug abuse
26, 2013 ) — Army researchers are building a portable drug detector that, soon, could help military and civil law enforcement agencies throughout the country more quickly catch synthetic drug abuse. … "But there are hundreds of synthetic cannabinoid …
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Music Can Cause Drug & Alcohol Cravings, Says Aussie Study
Which leads to the second and third study, which looked at people who were in treatment for substance abuse problems. Dr Dingle's research showed that specific types of music could trigger cravings for drugs and alcohol – labelled as 'dangerous' music.
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Drug Addiction: My Daughter Prostitutes for Heroin – Update on Kaleigh

An update on Kaleigh’s condition since that episode. The episode itself can be found on mrbriefcaseTV3’s channel. All copyrights acknowledged.

Drug Addiction: Felipa on flicks: “Transformers” still leading but may be undermined by “Harry Potter”
“Transformers” continues to be the box office “rob-com” sensation of the week earning close to $ 50 million in week two.
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Drug Addiction: Top-four seeds reach semis in Bastad
Grand Valley State University’s Board of Trustees approved their annual budget … The lawyers intend to grill the woman acquitted of killing her daughter during …
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Related Drug Addiction Information…

by marsmet461

Prescription drug addiction has been cited as the new American drug problem, and with good reason.  There are at least 6 million Americans addicted to prescription pills today, making them the second most abused drug in America behind only marijuana.  Even more startling, there are more prescription drug abusers than there are users of cocaine, heroin and ecstasy combined.  Because these drugs are acquired over the counter and not on the street, the assumption many are making is that it’s okay to use them for nonmedical reasons.  In fact, more than 50 million Americans admit to doing so.  But the availability of these drugs doesn’t mean they aren’t addictive or deadly- in fact, they are both.

This a health problem of epidemic proportions, and it’s getting worse every year.  How can this problem be stopped?    Read more...