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Committee to Study Drug Addiction Treatment
Committee To Study Drug Addiction Treatment
BOSTON — Citing a rise in overdose deaths, the Massachusetts Senate will create a special committee to study the application of a state law that allows the court system to commit certain individuals to inpatient substance abuse treatment facilities …
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Affordable Care Act expands coverage for addiction treatment
Drug treatment experts and public health officials said they see an increase in heroin use that is accompanying a rise in prescription opioid abuse by young people. A report released by the L.A. Department of Public Health Monday said drug overdose is …
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Introduction to Tobacco and Mental Health Seminar – Treating Tobacco Dependence in Smokers with Co-Occurring Psychiatric or Addictive Disorders Judith (Jody) Prochaska, PhD, MPH, presents and engaging 2 1/2 ho…
Vermont Gets $10M Grant for Drug Treatment Program – Boston.com
Vermont gets M grant for drug treatment program – Boston.com
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Gov. Peter Shumlin and Health Commissioner Harry Chen announced on Friday that Vermont will get a $ 10 million federal grant to expand early intervention and treatment programs for young adults at risk of alcohol and drug abuse. Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results
Heroin, prescription drug overdose deaths on the rise
Within the past month, the apparent heroin overdose death of a popular actor, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and the alleged demise of 22 western Pennsylvania residents from fentanyl-laced heroin in the Pittsburgh area, have focused the public's attention… Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results
Indonesia losing ground in drug war
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is again under fire for going soft on drug convicts following the decision to parole Schapelle Corby Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results
Heroin Gains Popularity as Cheap Doses Flood the US
Heroin Gains Popularity as Cheap Doses Flood the US
Philip Seymour Hoffman's death from an apparent heroin overdose has brought renewed attention to the drug's increasing popularity in the United States. Fueled by a boom in supply and a decline in cost, heroin use is up around the nation and spreading …
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Demi Lovato addresses drug addiction after Philip Seymour Hoffman's death
After the death of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman from an apparent drug overdose on Sunday (Feb. 2), many celebrities offered their condolences to his family and friends, while remembering some of his most memorable roles. Former "X Factor" judge Demi …
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Heroin, Prescription Drug Overdose Deaths on the Rise – Altoona Mirror
Heroin, prescription drug overdose deaths on the rise – Altoona Mirror
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Heroin, prescription drug overdose deaths on the rise
Altoona Mirror … last year, and they show that drug abuse locally differs very little from what is occurring nationwide. Blair County, which in the past has faced a wave of deaths from illegal street drugs like heroin, is now seeing the fatal abuse shift to … |
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Optometrist, ex-staffer charged in prescription drug scheme – abc27
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Optometrist, ex-staffer charged in prescription drug scheme
abc27 A York County optometrist and one of his former employees have been charged in a prescription drug abuse scheme. Dr. David Wagers was an optometrist at Apple Hill Eye Center in York when he enlisted the help of Amanda Peters to fill prescriptions for … Lebanon County eye doctor arrested in prescription drug scheme York County optometrist, former staffer charged in Rx drug scam |
How Can You Tell if Someone Has Brain Damage, or Some Disorder From Drug Abuse?
Question by Sandra Willcot: How can you tell if someone has brain damage, or some disorder from drug abuse?
I recently found a bunch of codeine bottles in my nieces room, about 6 empty ones,and 3 half empty ones. She admitted to me that she has been using them. Of coarse i told her parents,and they’ve put her in counseling. But i think that she may have some medical problems related to the drugs.
for example
she can be talking to me, and then stop in a middle of a sentence and “forget” what she was going to Say
Or she will double over in pain sometimes, crying that her stomach is pain, and after about 7min she’ll just get up, and say ‘its all better’
And yesterday night she had this headache, and she looked like she was in so much pain, and when she woke up this morning, her nose was bleeding really bad. Im not sure if any of these things are connected, but im scared for her. do you have any idea, if this could be from abusing drugs?
Additional details that may help: She’s only 16, and she has had problems with these things before. She went to the ER twice for Achohol poisoning. But those are the extent to what she takes. Or at least all they’ve found do far
100 Americans Die of Drug Overdoses Each Day. How Do We Stop That? – Washington Post (Blog)
100 Americans die of drug overdoses each day. How do we stop that? – Washington Post (blog)
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100 Americans die of drug overdoses each day. How do we stop that?
Washington Post (blog) Harold Pollack: Let's start by noting who you are, and why anybody would want to ask your views regarding drug abuse and overdose. Keith Humphreys: I'm a professor of psychiatry at Stanford University and lead the mental health policy section in my … Op-ed: To stop drug deaths, regulate & educate Editorial | Drug addiction is national, not personal, failure Heroin Deaths in the Shadows |
Drug Addiction and Drug Rehabilitation-Spencer Recovery Center – http://recoverynowtv.com/drug-rehabilitation http://www.facebook.com/RecoveryNowTV Many suffer from drug addiction and feel despair, hopelessness, chaos, and…