Substance Abuse

Mom Who Smokes and Drinks Around Her Toddler – Child Abuse?

Question by Chelsea A: Mom who smokes and drinks around her toddler – child abuse?
My best friend (not anymore) of 12 years recently moved out of my apartment (where she had a bedroom with a crib) to her mother’s apartment where she and the 16 month old sleep on a leather sofa in the living room. Mom smokes weed and cigarettes, gets drunk often, takes esctacy (a street drug – mdma…) and any other prescription type pills she can get her hands on and spends her “child support” money, and her Welfare benefits on her habits – including new tattoos, drugs and alcohol. Is this considered child abuse? Should I report it? I live in Oregon.
In this apartment also lives her 17 year old little brother, her new best friend and her 2 year old daughter and her mom with her 24 year old boyfriend. All of whom participate in affore mentioned illicit activities.

Anybody Experienced With Anti-Social Personality Disorder Disorder May You Please Answer These Questions.?

Question by The dead one: Anybody experienced with anti-social personality disorder disorder may you please answer these questions.?
Your Question
Anybody experienced with anti-social personality disorder disorder may you please answer these questions.?
1.How do you know they have this personality disorder?
2.is it an actual disorder, or just a different type off personality?
3.what internet, and professional, tests are they?
4.how do these tests work and which are ‘false’ tests?
5.Where is the best help for AS-PD?
6.how do you know if you have it yourself? if you did have AS-PD would you seek help?

How Can I Find Out What Treatment Facility My Friend Is in if It Is “Private Information” ?

Question by mvseattle2004: how can i find out what treatment facility my friend is in if it is “private information” ?
here’s the story:
my friend got released from AL prison & he said that he was going to a treatment facility in Mobile, AL. I am honestly unsure if he went to one or not. all i know is that i havent heard from him since. he went to prison for thedt b/c he had a REALLY, REALLY BAD substance abuse problem.
how can i find him if i live in GA ??
i have no idea what to do. i want to know that he is o.k……plz help.

TV9 – Denied Money for Drugs, Mangalore Girl Commits Suicide


TV9 – Denied money for drugs, Mangalore girl commits suicide – TV9 – Denied money for drugs, Mangalore girl commits suicide….! Substance abuse claimed another victim when a 18-year-old girl, a resident in Mangalore, co…

 

Teen Substance Abuse Treatment Resources

Teen Substance Abuse Treatment Resources

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Resources to help parents, health care providers, and substance abuse treatment specialists treat teens struggling with drug abuse, as well as identify and interact with those who might be at risk, were released by the National Institute on Drug Abuse … Read more on Kansas City infoZine

 

Vt. drugabuse film goes national

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RUTLAND — Vermont filmmaker Bess O'Brien figured she was finished with her drug-abuse documentary “The Hungry Heart” after its Green Mountain premiere last fall. Then Gov. Peter Shumlin touted the movie in this month's State of the State address, … Read more on Barre Montpelier Times Argus

AZ Medical Marijuana Signature Turn-in Press Conference (PART 3)


AZ Medical Marijuana Signature Turn-in Press Conference (PART 3) – The Arizona Medical Marijuana Policy Project collected a quarter of a million signatures from Arizona voters who support regulating marijuana for medical use…

 

Lawmaker: Growing, Exporting Marijuana Would Pay Off Hawaii's Debts

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The federal Drug Enforcement Agency considers marijuana a schedule I substance along with drugs such as heroin, ecstasy and LSD – “the most dangerous class of drugs with a high potential for abuse and potentially severe psychological and/or physical … Read more on CBS Local

Spectrum Gets 5-Year Grant to Research Youth Addiction Treatment Methods

Spectrum gets 5-year grant to research youth addiction treatment methods

Filed under: treatment of addiction

A Burlington drug addiction treatment center this week announced it will begin studying better ways to treat youth struggling with substance abuse, including opiate addiction, thanks to a five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health. Spectrum … Read more on vtdigger.org

 


Cannabis as a substitute for other drugs: Implications for the treatment of addiction. – This video contains a Power Point presentation along with audio given by Dr. Amanda Reiman of the University of California-Berkeley, on September 12, 2013.

Deschutes County Talks Health Grants

Deschutes County talks health grants

Filed under: help for drug abuse

One possible grant, offered by the federal Office of National Drug Control Policy, could provide $ 125,000 per year to the county for five years, helping support a coalition of health officials working to cut down on substance abuse among school-aged kids. Read more on Bend Bulletin

 


Getting Help from the Addiction Help Hotline – The Addiction Helpline connects people who are in need of help with qualified and caring drug counselors through a confidential, toll free number. These phon…

NIDA Releases Guide on Treating Teen Substance Abuse and Online Education for

NIDA releases guide on treating teen substance abuse and online education for

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Resources to help parents, health care providers, and substance abuse treatment specialists treat teens struggling with drug abuse, as well as identify and interact with those who might be at risk, were released today by the National Institute on Drug … Read more on News-Medical.net

 

With one of the highest substance abuse rates in the country, NH grant focuses

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Inspirations for Youth and Families: Our Facilities


Inspirations for Youth and Families: Our Facilities – See the inside of Inspirations Academy and the Inspirations teen rehab residences.

 

How the federal government could get a 270x return on a prison reform investment

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States may finally be getting a handle on a problem that's been festering for years. For decades, state prisons have … So states began investing in ways to minimize those infractions, such as increased funding for mental health and substance abuse … Read more on Washington Post (blog)