Awards for Raising Drug Prevention and Treatment Awareness
Awards for raising drug prevention and treatment awareness
Filed under: drug abuse treatments
The Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse honored those on the front lines fighting addiction. Medical reporter Meg Farris emceed as people who work in prevention and treatment were given awards. A community leadership award was handed out to Major …
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Mental illness, substance abuse sap time, resources of Duncan PD
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NY Biotech Financier Gets Prison for Stock Scheme
NY biotech financier gets prison for stock scheme
Filed under: drug addiction help now
Now it's time for punishment," McMahon said. "No, not this time. No mercy … The judge told him that mental illness was no excuse and noted she had sent to prison plenty of drug dealers with addiction issues for doing less than Blech. In 1992, Blech …
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Veterans peer counseling program expanding to area
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Pa. Senate Hears Testimony on Liquor Bill
Pa. Senate hears testimony on liquor bill
Filed under: drug addiction help line
The chairman of the Senate Law & Justice Committee, Chuck McIlhinney, R-Bucks, opposes the House bill and Tuesday convened a hearing of witnesses who said making alcohol more prevalent would increase both the risk of addiction and demands on law …
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Lebanon's Sunni Child Soldiers
Filed under: drug addiction help line
“There are cases of suicide, drug addiction, and mental illness.” Ibrahim maintains that religious pressure plays an important role in the militarization of children. “Religion is another reason child soldiers exist,” she says. “The children think …
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Do Substance Abuse Treatment Programs Really Work?
Question by ciana db: Do substance abuse treatment programs really work?
I have pretty much lived a sheltered life. I have an acquaintance who is going to undergo substance abuse treatment and I was just wondering whether such programs are effective.
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Lost in the Electronic Wilderness
Lost in the electronic wilderness
Filed under: internet addiction help
While the majority of the 80 to 90 clients on each 12-week residential programme are in treatment for alcohol or drug addiction, many have behavioural addictions as a second addiction, Burn says. Most clients who come from Dubai, usually about seven to …
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Children addicted to 'electronic ayi'
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Nonprofit Leader's Credentials Questioned
Nonprofit leader's credentials questioned
Filed under: drug addiction help substance abuse
Linda Ballou, founder and CEO of P.A.R.K. Foundation, Inc. displays a prescription drug addiction educational program she says if being used by a school district in Nebraska. … Ballou is the author of three self-published, self-help books. She has …
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Maryland prison program saves money and lives
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