Brien Center Counselor Sugden Wins National Recognition for Work Helping Addicts

Brien Center counselor Sugden wins national recognition for work helping addicts
In Atlanta on Oct. 13, NAADAC, a national association for addiction professionals, named Sugden the Lora Roe Memorial Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselor of the Year. The honor comes just … She works closely with other North County agencies, such as …
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Electronic health records will make it easier to save a life
How could 22 doctors overlook the signs that one man was suffering from a serious drug addiction? Nathan Attard, 34, died alone, in an apartment infested with stray … The Australian Medical Association has called for the government to overhaul the …
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Ask a trooper: New intersection law doesn't apply to left turns
According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, more teens were in treatment for marijuana than for all other illicit drugs combined in 2006. Fact: According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, in 2007, in some …
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A question of homicide: Rulings by KC medical examiners raise doubts
But Jackson County settled on an accidental overdose ruling based on high drug levels. That overdose … In her six-year stay, she got the office accredited by the National Association of Medical Examiners. …. “We treat cases as unknown until we know …
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