Posts Tagged ‘drug addicts’

Colts Owner Jim Irsay Likely Won't Face Jail Time if Found Guilty, Legal

Colts owner Jim Irsay likely won't face jail time if found guilty, legal
… but they were not associated with any prescription bottles found in the vehicle. Schedule IV drugs, according to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration website, have low potential for abuse and low risk of dependence. Examples include Xanax, Soma …
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Nearly half of identity thefts involve medical data
If an impostor uses your insurance to gain access to health care, it can also affect your own ability to access care: many insurance plans have yearly caps on certain types of care — and no insurance company is going to pay for “one person” to have an …
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Addiction and Substance Abuse


 

Addiction and Substance Abuse – IPG expert therapist Barbara Hines discusses addiction and substance abuse is the first thing that needs to be addressed in therapy. Sobriety is important fo…

 

SALINE: Addiction Prevention Task Force approves mission statement
SALINE — The Saline Addiction Prevention Task Force now has a mission statement and several community members willing to help address the substance abuse issues facing the community. The mission statement was approved during the task force's …
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Is substance abuse coverage as equal as required?
Insurance plans that cover substance abuse treatment must provide the same level of care and cost sharing as they do for other medical issues, but treatment centers say disagreement over what this means leaves many alcoholics and drug addicts without …
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When Addiction Is Born: Local Mothers Battle Drug Habits – Chillicothe Gazette

When addiction is born: Local mothers battle drug habits – Chillicothe Gazette

When addiction is born: Local mothers battle drug habits
Chillicothe Gazette
Samantha Cantrell talks on Tuesday about her struggles with drug addiction while holding her son, Braydon, at their Lucasville home. / Frank Robertson/Gazette. CGO 0316 ADENA DRUG PROGRAM-secondary. Purchase Image Zoom 

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Show peddlers visuals of how drug addicts suffer, says court – Indian Express

Show peddlers visuals of how drug addicts suffer, says court
Indian Express
Stressing the need to sensitise convicted drug peddlers, a city court on Friday suggested that jail authorities arrange for visuals showing the suffering of addicts, in the hope that the “visuals leave indelible impression on the mind”. While

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Drug abuse will take community-wide solution – Beaver Dam Daily Citizen

KAREN HERRAND, Cotuit: Drug Addicts, Their Families Need More Help to Recover

KAREN HERRAND, Cotuit: Drug addicts, their families need more help to recover
I also currently attend a parent support group, PSP (Parents Supporting Parents), which pretty much summarizes that we as parents of opiate-addicted children need to come to the realization and preparedness that our children may die. So we ask God for …
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Latest on Hackett drug problem 4:17
On Saturday afternoon family members and Hackett's manager, met the Olympic champion in his hotel suite, convincing him to seek help at a rehab facility. Dad Neville Hackett said: “I believe Grant knew he had a problem. He raised the idea of seeing a …
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Supporting families coping with drink and drug issues
Brave mums have told how they are coping with their sons alcohol and drug abuse thanks to a new support group for families. Claire Wadsworth is a family support development officer in East Dunbartonshire for the charity, Scottish Families Affected by …
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Bad News — All Your Favorite ’90s Cartoons Just Became Drug Addicts – Huffington Post

Bad News — All Your Favorite ’90s Cartoons Just Became Drug Addicts – Huffington Post

Bad News — All Your Favorite '90s Cartoons Just Became Drug Addicts
Huffington Post
Yup, we're sorry to report, but all your favorite animated characters, the ones whose playful misadventures carried you through elementary school and beyond, have developed serious drug problems. At least in the vivid images below. These scarring and 

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Teen drug use focus of talks in Bernards Township – New Jersey Hills

Teen drug use focus of talks in Bernards Township
New Jersey Hills
BERNARDS TWP. – Teen substance abuse will be the focus of two public discussions in town, starting with a meeting on drug trends at 7 p.m. today, Thursday, March 13, at the Ridge High School Performing Arts Center (PAC) on South Finley Avenue.

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Is Substance Abuse Coverage as Equal as Required?

Is substance abuse coverage as equal as required?
Insurance plans that cover substance abuse treatment must provide the same level of care and cost sharing as they do for other medical issues, but treatment centers say disagreement over what this means leaves many alcoholics and drug addicts without …
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EDITORIAL: Improve drug treatment, prevention efforts
Northwest Indiana, like everywhere else, needs to put more focus on drug abuse treatment, not just incarceration. No one knows this more than Sharon Mortenson of the PACT criminal justice program. Eight years ago, she had trouble finding a drug …
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