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Twice as Many Men Get Substance Abuse Treatment as Women
Twice as many men get substance abuse treatment as women
Twice as many men get substance abuse treatment as women. Twice as many men age 18 and older — 1.2 million — entered substance abuse treatment facilities in 2011, compared to about 609,000 females. By Alex Cukan | April 3, 2014 at 6:52 PM | …
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'We're all paying:' Heroin spreads misery in US
A local rehab facility has a six-month wait. One school recently referred an 11-year-old boy who was shooting up intravenously. Sheriff Richard Jones has seen crack, methamphetamine and pills plague his southwestern Ohio community but says heroin is a …
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Twice as Many Men Get Substance Abuse Treatment as Women
Twice as many men get substance abuse treatment as women
ROCKVILLE, Md. — Twice as many men age 18 and older — 1.2 million — entered substance abuse treatment facilities in 2011, compared to about 609,000 females. A report by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, using data from …
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Approaches You Don't Know About for Helping Someone With Substance Abuse
As a psychologist working in the field of substance abuse treatment, I am in direct contact with families every day with a full range of serious problems. I know that substance abuse problems vary in terms of severity, fright and heartbreak, and yet I …
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Heroin addicts face barriers to treatment
Of the 23.1 million Americans who needed treatment for drugs or alcohol in 2012, only 2.5 million people received aid at a specialty facility, according to the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Heroin addicts are a …
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Rise in Drug Abuse by Seniors
Rise in Drug Abuse by Seniors – The generation known as the “baby boomers” are in or near retirement. This generation is also abusing drugs or alcohol in rising numbers. Watch Dr. David Sac…
CADA Launches new “Committed” Campaign, encouraging teens to be …
March 2014 – The Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse has launched a new student led campaign supporting teens committed to a healthy lifestyle by staying alcohol and drug free. The “Committed” Campaign replaces “Free for the Weekend” and signifies …
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Heroin use in the United States: NY accounts for 20 percent of DEA seizures of …
It would require that every policy that provides medical coverage has to include specific coverage for drug and alcohol abuse treatment services that are deemed necessary by a doctor. What about the rest of the country? The Associated Press queried …
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Majority of Americans—Including Republicans—Want Treatment Instead of …
Majority of Americans—Including Republicans—Want Treatment Instead of …
The longtime addict, who hails from a poor neighborhood and whose crime was a third-strike nonviolent offense, never received substance abuse treatment until he was sentenced to live out the rest of his days in prison. “It feels like the life within …
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Drug addicted babies increasing in Boston
A substance-abuse counselor is located in each obstetrics clinic providing accessible one-to-one counseling to pregnant women screened at risk for alcohol, tobacco, or drug use as part of the routine prenatal care package offered to all patients. The …
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Drug use forum set for Woodstock
set for Woodstock A community forum on opiate abuse and prevention is planned for Tuesday at Norman Williams Library in Woodstock. … Sand is expected to talk about addiction and substance abuse issues and what the community can do to address them.
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Why Are Drugs Illegal?
Question by LeftOver Crizack: why are drugs illegal?
if america is the land of the free shouldn’t i be able to do what ever i want as long as it doesn’t infringe on others freedoms?????? Drugs don’t hurt anyone but the person taking it and still it doesn’t hurt them as much as society does with the stigma of being a drug addict. The war on drugs is a failure if not legalizing them we should reform drug laws
Best answer:
Answer by Mr Haney
too many people have infringed on others while high on drugs
Answer by Squid
Drugs DO hurt people other than those taking it. Lots of crime, murders, gang wars, are part of the drug industry.
Heroin Antidote Bill Advances
Heroin antidote bill advances
The bill now calls for participation in a court-approved substance abuse treatment program as well as jail time. HB332 would double the minimum … Opiates generally slow down a body's functions until those functions stop working properly, which leads …
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Florida Senate moves forward with massive rewrite of child welfare laws
“It's important as we talk about fixing this problem that we realize the root cause in many of these cases is substance abuse, and we have to figure out a way to address that,” he said. “When a parent promises 'I won't do that,' that's called addiction …
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Trying To Turn Young People Away From Drugs
“The BNDC is pleased to partner with the Grand Bahama Power Company in this exciting initiative to help with the fight against drugs and substance abuse, and to help eradicate drugs from the school system,” said BNDC executive Dr Bridget Rolle. The …
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