Posts Tagged ‘substance use’
'Know the Truth' Meeting Gives Parents Insight Into Drug Problems
'Know the Truth' Meeting Gives Parents Insight into Drug Problems
Know the Truth is a teenage substance abuse prevention program of Minnesota Teen Challenge; it works with teens, parents and teachers to help educate them about the dangers of substance use and how they can get help if needed. The meeting takes …
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DEA ups criminalization of 'bath salts' chemistry
Officers describe a cat and mouse game in which manufacturers tweak the drug's recipe to maintain psychoactive potency while placing the product outside the legal purview and law enforcement testing capabilities. “The street chemists would … The DEA …
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How my past as a black woman informs my black male feminist perspective …
I watched my mother, my beautiful mother, struggle with the demons of mental illness and drug use. Her sickness, it seemed, gave the men in the neighborhood free range to take advantage of her financially and sexually. Though I've never met him to form …
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Democratic Gubernatorial Hopeful Joe Avellone Maintains Focus on Substance …
Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Joe Avellone maintains focus on substance …
As part of his ongoing focus on the growing substance abuse problem in Massachusetts, Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Joe Avellone released a video this week shining further light on the topic. In the two-minute video released online, two people who …
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Does My Health Insurance Cover Substance Abuse Treatment?
Medical care for substance abuse, also referred to as substance use disorder, is one of the essential benefits health plans must provide to comply with provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Policies sold in the health insurance marketplace as …
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Augusta substance abuse facility for teens to close after losing state bid
AUGUSTA — After losing a state bid, a group providing residential substance abuse treatment for teenagers on the city's north side will close its doors. On April 18, Phoenix House, part of a national organization that serves people in 12 states, will …
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Renovate Testimony – Steve Nicholson
Renovate Testimony – Steve Nicholson – This is a video of a personal testimony that Steve Nicholson shared with The Branch in October of 2008.
A new coalition is taking on youth substance abuse in Winona County.
The coalition, the Winona County Alliance for Substance Abuse Prevention, is applying for a multi-year federal grant based on a model that has been in place in nearby Goodhue County for a year. The purpose is to bring abuse-prevention services together …
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Teen energy drink consumption linked to depression and substance abuse
TORONTO Consumption of high-caffeine energy drinks among high school students may be linked with mental health issues and substance use, says a new report, which calls for limits on teens' access to the beverages and reduction in the amount of …
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National Anti-Drug Exhibition
National Anti-Drug Exhibition – The Substance Abuse Secretariat is stepping up its anti-drug message this week. The Secretariat held day one of a national anti-drug exhibition on Wednesday….
New Ebook on Substance Abuse Across the Lifespan: A Biopsychosocial …
Substance use and abuse is a public health epidemic impacting our families, friends, schools, and communities. Although the costs of cancer and diabetes are at record-breaking numbers, $ 157 billion dollars and $ 131.7 billion dollars respectively, the …
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What Is Addiction? and Where Can You Get Help in California?
Question by eros_gary: What is addiction? and where can you get help in California?
Best answer:
Answer by mgaribay74
Summary
People who are addicted cannot control their need for alcohol or other drugs, even in the face of negative health, social or legal consequences.
The illness becomes harder to treat and the related health problems, such as organ disease, become worse.
Addiction is a chronic, but treatable, brain disorder. People who are addicted cannot control their need for alcohol or other drugs, even in the face of negative health, social or legal consequences. This lack of control is the result of alcohol- or drug-induced changes in the brain. Those changes, in turn, cause behavior changes.
Editorial: Curbing Prescription Drug Abuse – Tulsa World
Editorial: Curbing prescription drug abuse – Tulsa World
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Editorial: Curbing prescription drug abuse
Tulsa World Oklahoma has the highest rate of prescription drug abuse per capita in the nation. Some meds fueling this epidemic are purchased illegally off the street, but many are obtained through "legitimate" prescriptions. One problem is that patients are … Alabama Senate passes limited welfare drug testing |
Heroin antidote saves lives, but critics fear supplying it to addicts will … – The Times-Picayune
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Heroin antidote saves lives, but critics fear supplying it to addicts will …
The Times-Picayune Supporters say the opportunity to save potentially thousands of lives outweighs any fears by critics that the promise of a nearby antidote would only encourage drug abuse. At least 17 states and the District of Columbia allow naloxone — commonly known … Heroin overdose antidote: Who gets to carry it? |