LI's Substance Abuse Community Braces for Sandy's Next Wave

LI's Substance Abuse Community Braces for Sandy's Next Wave

Filed under: drug abuse help for families

Three months later, treatment providers who were already unable to meet the demand of LI's drug epidemic warn of a coming wave of additional substance abuse cases, sparked by the widespread trauma still reverberating throughout the region and among …
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Study of cocaine addiction reveals targets for treatment

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Scientists at UC Santa Barbara are researching cocaine addiction, part of a widespread problem, which, along with other addictions, costs billions of dollars in damage to individuals, families, and society. Laboratory studies at UCSB have revealed that …
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Illegal pill use growing in area

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Area pharmacists will have a new tool to help combat prescription drug abuse starting March 1 when the state government turns on a prescription monitoring database. … They just get them from a friend or family member who does have a prescription.” …
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