MATFORCE PSA: Dr. Cattolico Discusses Simple Ways to Help Reduce Prescription Drug Abuse

MATFORCE PSA: Dr. Cattolico discusses simple ways to help reduce prescription drug abuse – MATFORCE PSA: Dr. Cattolico discusses simple ways to help reduce prescription drug abuse.

Letter: More State Funding Needed to Treat Addiction

Filed under: prescription drug abuse help

Worse yet, those addicted to legally prescribed pain medications are turning to heroin which is cheaper and readily acquired after their prescription becomes too hard to obtain or too expensive. … Clients are treated for their substance abuse …
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Alcohol and drug use can progress into abuse and even addiction so insidiously that sometimes people do not realize that it has become a problem for them and those around them. The following ….. I DID NOT want to go to AA or to a recovery center and …
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NY's oldest prison inmate dies at 94

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In July 2004, he tried to kill himself by taking an overdose of prescription pills when his wife was convalescing in a hospital after she broke her hip. His concerned family sent him to BryLin Hospital, a private psychiatric and substance abuse …
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JB Van Hollen: Take it from an addict — heroin not like other drugs

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Since my office launched The Fly Effect, a statewide heroin prevention public awareness campaign, in late September 2013, many of you have contacted us asking how you can help fight heroin abuse in your communities. Chris Guthrie, a special … We need …
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