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AANA (About Wellness) Substance Abuse/Addiction
AANA (About Wellness) Substance Abuse/Addiction – Visit www.nursenrecovery.com ********Jan Stewart was a nurse who suffered from addiction. This video is her daughter speaking about her mother. If you or…
Shedding new light: Celebrity drug overdoses, deaths draw attention to …
The deaths of celebrities like Philip Seymour Hoffman, Cory Monteith, Michael Jackson and Whitney Houston bring the vices of drug addiction to the forefront of society, but an innumerable amount of people die each day due to substance abuse. According …
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Heroin: Editorial – More Must Be Done to Prevent, Treat Drug Addiction (Video)
Heroin: Editorial – More must be done to prevent, treat drug addiction (video)
Michael E. Zall, a Suffern lawyer whose 34-year-old son, Jeremy, died last year of a drug overdose, discusses addiction during Tuesday's Editorial Spotlight. … Many insurance plans limit treatment options and length of treatment. “There's many …
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Ohio Lawmakers Work to Address Drug Epidemic – the Daily Advocate
Ohio lawmakers work to address drug epidemic – The Daily Advocate
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Ohio lawmakers work to address drug epidemic
The Daily Advocate The Ohio Department of Health sites statistics showing that from 1999 to 2011, Ohio's death rate due to unintentional drug overdoses increased 440 percent. And in 2007, drug overdoses became the leading cause of injury death in Ohio, … Just last week … |
Drug Abuse Statistics – Google News
Effective Treatment for Drug Abuse Builds Better Communities
Effective treatment for drug abuse builds better communities
Tony Lloyd was speaking ahead of a regional conference organised by DrugScope, the UK's leading charity that provides support to professionals who work in drug and alcohol treatment. Mr Lloyd will be on a panel of experts at the conference, which takes …
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Grant Hackett enters rehab: Australian swimmer seeks treatment for drug abuse …
It is the second time the swimmer has battled an addiction to the drug. In 2012, towards the end of his swimming career, he told the Sydney Daily Telegraph that he had a “heavy reliance” on the medication after first being given it by swimming officials.
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Doctors continue fight against prescription drug abuse
Doctors are teaming up with treatment centers to combat addiction and drug overdose deaths in Jackson County. Health care practitioners are also recognizing that they have started many patients on the road to addiction by prescribing opioid pain …
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Ga. Weighs ‘Medical Amnesty’ in Drug Overdoses – Gainesville Times
Ga. weighs ‘medical amnesty’ in drug overdoses – Gainesville Times
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Ga. weighs 'medical amnesty' in drug overdoses
Gainesville Times Yet, national statistics show, fear of police is the most-cited reason for not seeking help in life-or-death overdose scenarios: Fewer than half of overdoses result in a call for help. “There are so many cases where someone is in trouble but the … Georgia weighs 'medical amnesty' in drug overdoses |
Drug Abuse Statistics – Google News
Doctors Continue Fight Against Prescription Drug Abuse – Mail Tribune
Doctors continue fight against prescription drug abuse – Mail Tribune
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Doctors continue fight against prescription drug abuse
Mail Tribune Doctors are teaming up with treatment centers to combat addiction and drug overdose deaths in Jackson County. Health care practitioners are also recognizing that they have started many patients on the road to addiction by prescribing opioid pain … |
NH leaders say drug addiction is driving crime – Seacoastonline.com
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NH leaders say drug addiction is driving crime
Seacoastonline.com Public Safety Commissioner John Barthelmes on Friday told fellow members of the Governor's Commission on Alcohol Abuse, Prevention, Intervention and Treatment that 40 percent of the state's highway fatalities are linked to drug or alcohol abuse. He … |
Study: Mass. teen drug abuse rate higher than rest of nation – Wicked Local Fall River