Teen Substance Abuse Treatment – Her Story – Center for Discovery
Teen Substance Abuse Treatment – Her Story – Center for Discovery – A client of Center for Discovery talks about her story of substance abuse including some of the contributing factors. She also discusses the serious conseque…
The 'war on drugs' is over: Is addiction prevention, treatment the new call to …
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Instead, this year's U.S. National Drug Control Strategy presented a "third way … rooted in a science-based approach to drug addiction as a disease of the brain that can be prevented, treated and from which people can recover." Kerlikowske said he …
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Giving Maine babies a chance at a drug-free life
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Drug abuse is not a victimless crime. You could be the brother of someone who overdosed and required a hospital stay. You could be the pharmacist afraid to go back to work after a robber held you at gunpoint for prescription medication. Or, as a …
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18 US women died every day from prescription drug abuse in 2010, feds say
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New Jersey is one of 38 states that tracks doctor-shopping by patients. Treatment centers in New Jersey reported 7,238 admissions for painkiller addictions in 2010, 12 times more than in 2000, according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services …
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