State Rep. Cox Lauds Missouri 'Stop-Sale System'
State Rep. Cox lauds Missouri 'Stop-Sale System'
Filed under: solutions for drug abuse
The success of NPLEx emphasizes the importance of finding innovative solutions to fight illegal drugs in Missouri. My recently proposed anti-meth legislation would work off of the existing success of NPLEx by further limiting the amount of … These … Read more on Sedalia News-Journal
The Rottenstein Law Group LLP Notes the Settlement of Montana Risperdal …
Filed under: solutions for drug abuse
Dateline Health: Substance Abuse & Prescription Drugs Part 3 of 3
Dateline Health: Substance Abuse & Prescription Drugs Part 3 of 3 – Attorney and Assistant Professor for NSU’s Health Professions Division Raymond Ferrero III talks to Dateline Health’s Fred Lippman of the dangers of prescrip…
TV Tonight: CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta Doubles Down on Medical Marijuana
TV tonight: CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta doubles down on medical marijuana
Filed under: the truth about methamphetamine
Schedule II drugs, defined as drugs with a potential for abuse but less dangerous than Schedule I drugs include methamphetamine, methadone, hydromorphone (Dilaudid), meperidine (Demerol), oxycodone (OxyContin), and cocaine. Although all of the drugs … Read more on DigiNews
'True Detective' season 2: Cast member dream teams
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7 Points of Drug Rehab Programs That You Need to Know 1-855-602-5102
7 Points of Drug Rehab Programs That You Need to Know 1-855-602-5102 – 1-855-602-5102 for Rehab Information http://yourdrugabusehotline.com/7-points-of-addiction-recovery-programs-are-the-answer-to-addiction/ Advantages of Drug …
Support groups in the area are ready to help in various ways
Filed under: drug abuse hotline
FRIENDS & FAMILY SUPPORT GROUP: Big Stone Gap, Va., Behavioral Health Services, behind Powell Valley High School, hosted by Frontier Health; offers tools, friends and families needs to assist people with addiction, move toward recovery; Tuesdays, 6:30 … Read more on TriCities.com
New coalition brings alcohol message to south Anne Arundel
More Marijuana Means Less Cocaine Consumption?
More Marijuana Means Less Cocaine Consumption?
Filed under: chronic methamphetamine use
Methamphetamine consumption dramatically increased during the first half of the decade and then declined, but researchers did not have enough information to make a credible estimate of the drug's use from 2008 to 2010. Heroin use was fairly stable … Read more on Science 2.0
Policies not followed after Calif. inmate death
Filed under: chronic methamphetamine use
De Blasio Cites Education as Way to Stem Rx Drug Abuse Scourge
De Blasio cites education as way to stem Rx drug abuse scourge
Filed under: drug abuse effects on health
Prescription drug and heroin abuse, singled out on Monday as "an urgent and growing public health crisis" by U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, didn't come up during a City Hall Press conference Tuesday focusing on the mayor's law enforcement and … Read more on SILive.com
Parent's Death Has Long-Term Effect on Kids' Grades
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Epidemic of Elder Drug and Alcohol Abuse
Epidemic of elder drug and alcohol abuse
Filed under: alcohol abuse help
Last year, more than 2000 people in their 60s, 70s and 80s sought help for problems relating to substance abuse, double the number receiving treatment five years ago according to statistics from Public Health England. Of the 1569 older men and 495 … Read more on The Australian
Alcoholism | Alcohol abuse help – Alcoholism is the last and most severe stage of alcohol abuse. Anyone who abuses alcohol eventually gets addicted to it, turning alcohol abuse into full-blow…
Lawmakers, Doctors Push for Electronic Prescription Drug Database
Lawmakers, doctors push for electronic prescription drug database
Filed under: recovering from meth addiction
… by Montgomery County Rep. Thomas Murt, would increase the mandatory minimum sentences for first and subsequent drug trafficking offenses involving significant amounts of heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine. House Bill 1298, by Bucks County Rep … Read more on The Intelligencer
Chillicothe to regulate meth-lab cleanups
Filed under: recovering from meth addiction
The proposal is patterned after legislation adopted in 2008 in Cuyahoga Falls in Summit County, an area that, mostly because of aggressive enforcement, has become Ohio's statistical hotbed of meth, a highly addictive and destructive home-brewed drug. Read more on Columbus Dispatch
Class Notes
Class Notes
Filed under: drug abuse videos
North Carolina high school students can help fight prescription drug abuse and overdose deaths by entering a video contest sponsored by Attorney General Roy Cooper and the N.C. Department of Justice. Cooper is partnering with the National Association … Read more on Durham Herald Sun
Ocean County Prosecutor Debuts Interactive Video To Educate Teens About …
Filed under: drug abuse videos
Prosecutor Joseph D. Coronato today released the first in a series of interactive videos aimed at educating high school and middle school students to the dangers of drugs. The video entitled “Right Turns” was produced at the direction of the Ocean … Read more on Patch.com
Christopher Kennedy Lawford: Recovery
Christopher Kennedy Lawford: Recovery – Be moved by Christopher Kennedy Lawford’s compelling story and his life-changing comeback from addiction. Today he is 23 years sober with 4 children who mira…
United States Preventive Services publishes recommendations on preventing …
Filed under: substance abuse disorder
… can do to prevent or reduce drug use in children and adolescents under the age of 18. This recommendation does not apply to children or adolescents who have already been diagnosed with substance use disorder. Before finalizing this recommendation, … Read more on Science Codex