Overtaken Documentary (Edited) [Original Version]

Published March 12, 2013

Overtaken Documentary (Edited) [Original Version] – Jodi Barber and Christine Brant have teamed up with Ashley Media to produce a documentary about the ongoing prescription pill epidemic in Orange County. Plea…

UN Report Suggests Some Autism & Addiction Treatments Are Akin to Torture

Filed under: drug abuse treatments

So-called treatments for drug users and the disabled in some places of the world—including the U.S.— are far from helpful, says a new United Nations (U.N.) report. The U.N. special rapporteur on torture, Juan Mendez, presented the report to the …
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Rockefeller backs drug treatment bill

Filed under: drug abuse treatments

The Excellence in Mental Health Act supports the modernization and construction of behavioral health facilities to provide mental health and substance abuse services to provide greater access to services for West Virginians in need of treatment …
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Bill advances that would help prevent drug-dependent babies

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The legislation, also called the Safe Harbor Act 2013, offers encouragement and incentives to pregnant women who are addicted to drugs to seek treatment and prenatal care. "Obviously the prescription drug abuse that we have here in Tennessee is …
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