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New Center in Buffalo Will Train Doctors on Treating Addiction
New center in Buffalo will train doctors on treating addiction
A center devoted to training doctors in addiction medicine will be established in Buffalo through a three-year, $ 2 million grant from the Conrad H. Hilton Foundation. The new National Center for Physician Training in Addiction Medicine will be directed … Read more on Buffalo News
Drug Rehab Center Brooklyn Advances Addiction Treatment into the 21st Century
When it comes to drug and alcohol addiction, recovery isn't easy. Thousands of people struggle with addiction in Brooklyn on a daily basis and as a result, the treatment specialists at Drug Rehab Center Brooklyn have revamped their strategy when it … Read more on Newsday
Top Austin Addiction Clinic with 98% Success Rate, The Coleman Institute …
The combination of The Coleman Institute's Accelerated Detoxification Treatment, along with Naltrexone therapy, is what makes it unique among addiction treatment centers and, the reason its success rate exceeds 98%. Share on Twitter Share on Facebook … Read more on PR Web (press release)
Report: 49ers' Smith Admitted to Rehab
Report: 49ers' Smith Admitted to Rehab
Just two days after being ruled out indefinitely following an arrest on suspicion of driving under the influence and marijuana possession, San Francisco 49ers linebacker Aldon Smith has reportedly been admitted to an in-patient treatment facility for … Read more on Bleacher Report
Specialized Online Treatment Programs for Military Service Members …
According to the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs, there are 18 to 22 suicides per day amongst war veterans and 1 suicide per day amongst active duty service members. 2 out of 3 Operation Desert Storm war veterans have died from substance abuse … Read more on PR Web (press release)
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17 (HealthDay News) — Treating drug and alcohol addiction with a concentrated approach called chronic care management may be no more effective than a single medical appointment and addiction referral, according to a new study. Results of the year-long … Read more on WebMD
Nashua Group to Get Grant to Combat Teen Binge Drinking, Drug Use
Nashua group to get grant to combat teen binge drinking, drug use
The money has allowed Valuk, a retired schoolteacher, to work part-time for the coalition, but the new federal award will provide a significant boost. The coalition plans to use the funding to target binge drinking and prescription drug and marijuana … Read more on Nashua Telegraph
CU Anschtuz Medical Campus Start-up Takes the Guess Work out of Drug Use
The low-slung brick building at the far east end of the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus doesn't offer any hint about the work going on within: a unique private-public collaboration intent on bringing revenue measured in the millions … Read more on PR Web (press release)
Rehab Centers Struggle to Keep Drugs Out
Rehab centers struggle to keep drugs out
When Bethany Ehrhart, 23, wanted to kick her addiction to painkillers, her mother, Darlene, found the money for top-of-the-line treatment at the world-renowned Betty Ford Center. A week after her arrival at the celebrity rehab in Rancho Mirage, Calif … Read more on USA TODAY
Funding cuts to drug treatment centers mean addicts get turned away
The three – Walter B. Jones Alcohol and Drug Addiction Treatment Center in Greenville, Julian F. Keith Center in Black Mountain and R.J. Blackley Center in Butner – are the only centers in the state that offer long-term treatment to adult addicts … Read more on Charlotte Observer
Actor Says Stay At Detox Center Helped With Painkiller Addiction
Fortunately, there are certified drug treatment centers such as South Florida's Harbor Village where abusers can seek the professional assistance they need for recovery. Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on Google+ Share on LinkedIn Email a … Read more on PR Web (press release)
State Lawmaker Calls for Investigation Into Prescription Drug Abuse in PA – 90.5 WESA
State Lawmaker Calls for Investigation into Prescription Drug Abuse in PA – 90.5 WESA
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State Lawmaker Calls for Investigation into Prescription Drug Abuse in PA
90.5 WESA One state lawmaker's call to investigate the proliferation of prescription drug abuse in the commonwealth could be the opening salvo in a war on drug companies, or a blip on the radar in the Legislature. Rep. Gene DiGirolamo (R-Bucks) says he's had it. DiGirolamo calls for investigation into prescription abuse problem lawmaker wants investigation of painkiller abuse |
Gooden comes clean on drug abuse in “Doc: A Memoir” – Ct Post
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Gooden comes clean on drug abuse in "Doc: A Memoir"
Ct Post Bobby Valentine, right, and Dwight Gooden talk about their baseball careers as they take part in the 2013-2014 Student Affairs Lecture Series at Sacred Heart University's Edgerton Center for the Performing Arts in Fairfield, Conn. on Wednesday … |
Are You an Anti-Drug Czar?
Question by It’s Kippah, Kippah the dawg: Are you an anti-drug czar?
From a Yahoo article…
According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Adminstration, marijuana was involved in 242,200 visits to hospital emergency rooms in 2005. This means that the patient mentioned using marijuana and does not mean the drug directly caused the accident or condition being treated, SAMHSA says.
If the patient only MENTIONED that he or she had smoked weed, which could of been up to 30 days prior with today’s drug testing, how does that make a hospital visit pot related? See how you czars twist words and facts to fit your agenda?
Give it a rest already. Alcohol and tobacco cause far more deaths than weed, yet they remain legal. Why? Guess the gov’t got addicted to the tax revenue eh?
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