Posts Tagged ‘child abuse’
Experts: Prescription Drug Abuse Leading to Spike in Heroin Use – Cronkite News
Experts: Prescription drug abuse leading to spike in heroin use – Cronkite News
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Experts: Prescription drug abuse leading to spike in heroin use
Cronkite News Abusers of prescription opioid painkillers such as OxyContin and Vicodin are switching to heroin for two reasons: It's cheaper and more readily available, law enforcement officials and substance abuse counselors say. “Price is a huge factor,” said … |
Litchfield Prevention Council appointed to combat local drug use – Torrington Register Citizen
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Litchfield Prevention Council appointed to combat local drug use
Torrington Register Citizen LITCHFIELD >> The Board of Selectmen on Tuesday appointed seven regular members and four alternates to the Litchfield Prevention Council, a previously-dormant group charged with helping prevent drug use in the community. Litchfield High School Vice … |
Perry Halkitis – Crystal Meth and HIV: What Are the Connections?
Perry Halkitis – Crystal meth and HIV: What are the connections? – Perry Halkitis, professor of applied psychology and director of the Center for Health, Identity, Behavior, and Prevention Studies (CHIBPS) discusses the inte…
Teens in Child Welfare System Show Higher Drug Abuse Rate
It's known that kids who enter the child welfare system typically have some risk factors for drug use — such as a history of domestic abuse or mental health issues. But until now, there had been little research into their actual rates of substance …
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Mental health, addiction big factors in Gaston neglect cases
“I think that a lot of the child abuse that we've seen, particularly in the last few years, has been mostly due to mental health issues, which lead into substance abuse and domestic violence,” she said. “You're going to find that's the case in 9 out of …
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Krokodil Reportedly Spreading: What Makes Drug Dangerous?
Krokodil reportedly spreading: What makes drug dangerous?
More cases being reported in U.S. of use of deadly, toxic opiate drug popular in Russia that causes people to rot from the inside out Causes of Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results
New report blasts DCF over child abuse deaths
A scathing new report is critical of the state's efforts to prevent child abuse deaths across Florida. The Department of Children and Families on Tuesday released a report prepared by a private non-profit organization. Interim DCF Secretary Esther Jacobo asked for the review after news reports revealed that several children died from abuse despite previous involvement by authorities. The report … Causes of Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results
Stony Brook Researchers Receive $3.8 Million NIH Grant to Develop Drugs for Pain, Inflammation
Stony Brook Researchers Receive .8 Million NIH Grant to Develop Drugs for Pain, Inflammation
A multidisciplinary research team at Stony Brook University has received a five-year $ 3.8 million grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health, to develop new drugs for pain, inflammation, and potentially drug addiction. The drug development strategy is based on their discovery of intracellular transporters known as FABPs (fatty acid binding … Causes of Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results
Sons of Cocaine-Using Fathers May Resist Addiction to Drug, Penn Medicine Study Suggests
SAN DIEGO — A father’s cocaine use may make his sons less sensitive to the drug and thereby more likely to resist addictive behaviors, suggests new findings from an animal study presented by Penn Medicine researchers at Neuroscience 2013, the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience. Causes of Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results
Teens in Child Welfare System Show Higher Drug Abuse Rate – Science Daily (Press Release)
Teens in Child Welfare System Show Higher Drug Abuse Rate – Science Daily (press release)
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Teens in Child Welfare System Show Higher Drug Abuse Rate
Science Daily (press release) Nov. 4, 2013 — Teenagers in the child welfare system are at higher-than-average risk of abusing marijuana, inhalants and other drugs, according to a study in the November issue of the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs. Child welfare system fails teens at risk for drug abuse |
Area agency promoting drug abuse awareness – The Daily Times
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Area agency promoting drug abuse awareness
The Daily Times STEUBENVILLE – Staff with Jefferson Behavioral Health System distributed red ribbons for children in elementary schools as part of its ongoing effort to educate children and others about the dangers of illegal drug use. Staff also wore red ribbons … Red Ribbon Week gets personal at Parkway's South Middle School MCB Hawaii youths spread red, promote healthy lifestyles |
Do You Agree With Ron Paul on This? What Do You Think of the Parental Consent Act Introduced by Him?
Question by : Do you agree with Ron Paul on this? What do you think of the Parental Consent Act introduced by him?
“Madam Speaker, I rise to introduce the Parental Consent Act. This bill forbids Federal funds from being used for any universal or mandatory mental-health screening of students without the express, written, voluntary, informed consent of their parents or legal guardians. This bill protects the fundamental right of parents to direct and control the upbringing and education of their children.
The New Freedom Commission on Mental Health has recommended that the federal and state governments work toward the implementation of a comprehensive system of mental-health screening for all Americans. The commission recommends that universal or mandatory mental-health screening first be implemented in public schools as a prelude to expanding it to the general public. However, neither the commission’s report nor any related mental-health screening proposal requires parental consent before a child is subjected to mental-health screening. Federally-funded universal or mandatory mental-health screening in schools without parental consent could lead to labeling more children as “ADD” or “hyperactive” and thus force more children to take psychotropic drugs, such as Ritalin, against their parents’ wishes.