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What Does Drug Intervention Actually Mean?

Question by destinie s: What does drug intervention actually mean?
I’ve heard a lot of people talk about drug intervention and I don’t have any idea about it. I am interested to know because one of my family members is a victim of drug abuse. We are planning to make him go under rehab, but we don’t know how to do it.

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Effective Addiction Treatment Exists, but Few Get It

Effective addiction treatment exists, but few get it

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Countless people addicted to drugs, alcohol or both have managed to get clean and stay clean with the help of organizations like Alcoholics Anonymous or the thousands of residential and outpatient clinics devoted to treating addiction. But if you have …
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James Bowen and Bob the cat: 'He's named after the killer in Twin Peaks'

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Help Is on the Way for Young Fentanyl Addicts

Help is on the way for young fentanyl addicts

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Her son was 17 when he tried the drug at a party and was hooked. In the middle of Grade 12, he was kicked out of St. Mark Catholic High School in Manotick and sent to rehab. Within three weeks, he was living at the Dave Smith Youth Treatment Centre, …
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Vivitrol is the new hope for solving opiate addiction

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• No Easy Answers

• No easy answers

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Based on interviews with those people, The Hutchinson News estimates that the cost of drug-related crime – from investigation and arrest, to court, to probation, prison, parole and state-funded substance abuse treatment – comes to about $ 20 million a …
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LeBrun: Telegraph editorial missed the point of drug-testing bill

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Baby Boomer Nuns Help Revolutionize Health Care

Baby boomer nuns help revolutionize health care

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Armed with a nurse practitioners' degree and a master's in social work, she worked as a clinical therapist and took a job at a mental hospital, helping people overcome drug and alcohol addictions and manage psychiatric problems. In 2002, she became co …
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Bed rest may be cause of Clinton's blood clot

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SPECIAL REPORT: Drug Traffickers Operating Sandy Springs Rehab Center

SPECIAL REPORT: Drug traffickers operating Sandy Springs rehab center

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11Alive News has learned that at the same time Green and Malone were building their synthetic drug empire they also founded a non-profit organization whose mission was to help people struggling with addiction and mental illness. According to the …
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2012's top 10 drug safety stories

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