Legislation Establishing Substance Abuse Treatment Facility Approved by House
Legislation Establishing Substance Abuse Treatment Facility Approved by House
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Dennis Reboletti (R-Elmhurst), the Illinois House has approved a measure that will allow the establishment of a Pilot Program to create a secure facility with on-site substance abuse treatment in DuPage County, Cook County, and a third location to be … Read more on Chicago Tribune
Drug overdose issue to be discussed Tuesday night at town hall meeting in …
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FDA OK's Injector Device to Counter Drug Overdoses
FDA OK's injector device to counter drug overdoses
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“Prescription opioid deaths now outnumber those from illicit drugs including heroin and cocaine,” Kathleen Sebelius, secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, said at the briefing. A recent report on heroin deaths in Massachusetts has … Read more on Boston Globe
'Things a Little Bird Told Me: Confessions of the Creative Mind' by Biz Stone
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What Is Addiction?
What Is Addiction?
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As the death of the actor Philip Seymour Hoffman and the rise of overdoses in New England indicate, heroin continues to be a plague of both desperate poverty and tortured privilege. The abuse of prescription drugs is an even more widespread problem. Read more on New York Times
Teen Prescription Drug Abuse On the Rise – Teen Prescription Drug Abuse On the Rise Teen prescription drug abuse on the rise. ALBANY — We’re here to talk about prescription drug abuse and it is an ep…
Drug Abuse Education
Drug Abuse Education – Adolescent Substance Abuse Counseling Service (ASACS) at use in a sixth grade classroom in a DoDEA school in South Korea.
Narconon Fresh Start Leading the Way in Drug Education and Prevention
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Taking pride in using all resources currently available to him, Mr. Jesse Crosby knows how valuable drug education and prevention are for young people today. Experiencing the destruction of drug abuse first hand, Mr. Crosby exhibits the passion … Read more on PR Web (press release)
Governor Announces Grant to Help Prevent Substance Abuse
Governor Announces Grant To Help Prevent Substance Abuse
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“This is all part of a comprehensive approach to this problem, to this public health crisis of addiction and substance misuse,” said Dr. Chen. Dr. Chen says the state has spent a lot of money working the problem from the other end- trying to help … Read more on My Champlain Valley FOX44 & ABC22
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Franklin County combats growing drug problem
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“Substance Abuse” and “issues” ?
Question by ninjagirlz: “Substance abuse” and “issues” ?
Why is it that it is said that all people who use “substances” have some sort of other issues, or that they use them to escape whatever their problems are ? Cant some people just use them occasionally because they like how they make them feel?? Just a thought.
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Answer by JAMES A N
Not all substance users have severe emotional/mental issues. In fact, many people who do choose to use a substance don’t become addicted and develop problematic tendencies. People do refer to this though because a large population of drug users get high for the sole reason of escaping reality, depression, physical pain or other underlying mental conditions.
Is It Dangerous to Mix Suboxone and Methadone?
Question by Adrian: is it dangerous to mix suboxone and methadone?
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Answer by Mathieu
Yes it could cause you (or someone else) to go into severe physical withdrawal rather than causing a high. It would also be extremely dangerous, both buprenorphine, the opioid in Suboxone and especially methadone have higher mortality rates than most other opioids.
Stop Teen Prescription Drug Abuse
Stop teen prescription drug abuse
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Did you know more Americans now die from drug overdoses than car crashes? It is a startling and deadly statistic. Of these deaths, 60 percent were due to the misuse and abuse of prescription drugs — making them more deadly than illicit drugs like … Read more on The Gazette: Eastern Iowa Breaking News and Headlines
Teen drug abuse on the rise
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Vermont's War on Opiates Shows Signs of Progress
Vermont's war on opiates shows signs of progress
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Confiscated heroin, crack cocaine and marijuana uncovered during a Vermont State Police investigation are seen in this 2011 photo. / FILE …. Even with the increase, Vermont's fatal overdose rate was 10th lowest among the 50 states, the study determined. Read more on BurlingtonFreePress.com
Heroin use on the rise
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In Champaign County, Coroner Duane Northrup reported that 46 people died from drug overdoses in 2010, 2011 and 2012. Of those, 29 involved heroin. … Cocaine and crack cocaine were the rage when Carey began his career. Around 2000, he said, the … Read more on Champaign/Urbana News-Gazette