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Treatment Center for Veterans to Shut Down

Treatment center for veterans to shut down

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A unique in-patient treatment center in Allentown for veterans suffering from addiction and stress-related disorders that opened to great fanfare last year is shutting down. Veterans Sanctuary will transfer its remaining clients and suspend operations …
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Video Game Helps Doctors Detect Drug Abuse in Patients

Video game helps doctors detect drug abuse in patients

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By Gene Ryan Briones on 05/26/2012 00:03 PDT Doctors at the Northwestern Memorial Hospital are using a video game to help them identity signs of addiction in their patients. The said video game, based on… Continue reading

A Game to Help Doctors Ask Tough Questions

A Game to Help Doctors Ask Tough Questions

Filed under: drug addiction help for family

It teaches doctors to look for warning signs of drug abuse, like a history of family problems, and to observe nonverbal signs of nervousness, like breaking eye contact, fidgeting and finger-tapping. The game, which is… Continue reading

Report: More Support Needed for Kinship Caregivers

Report: More support needed for kinship caregivers

Filed under: Hawaii Drug Abuse

Middleton, now 62, raised LaQuanna and Shane for many years after their mother battled with drug abuse and their father died. She also raised Bryonna for a shorter period. Middleton is among an increasing number of grandparents and… Continue reading

Painkiller Use on Rise in NM

Painkiller use on rise in NM

Filed under: drug addiction news 2008

In 2010, 468 New Mexicans statewide died from drug overdoses, and oxycodone has been the leading source of prescription overdose deaths since 2008. Deputy state epidemiologist Dr. Michael Landen said he believes as the availability of prescription …… Continue reading

Drug Rehabilitation Center: Basic Facts to Know When Selecting a Drug Rehabilitation Center for Your Kid

Consumption of drugs has become very common among kids in today’s world. So, if parents find out from local drug testing centers that their child is drug addicted, they must soon admit their child to drug rehabilitation center for their child’s betterment.

However, this doesn’t mean the parents can admit… Continue reading

Drug Addiction: Town Hall on Drug Abuse Planned – Vindy.com

Town hall on drug abuse planned – Vindy.com

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The Alliance for Substance Abuse Prevention Opiate Task Force will host a town-hall discussion at 6 p.m. May 17 to raise awareness of the changing demographics of drug addiction in Trumbull County and the increase in unintentional overdose… Continue reading

Ohio Merging Mental Health, Drug Abuse Agencies

Ohio merging mental health, drug abuse agencies

Filed under: Substance Abuse

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) State agencies providing mental-health and substance-abuse services in Ohio will be merged pending legislative approval into a single agency with a combined 2500 employees and a budget in excess of $ 650 million.
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Why Would a Religious Organization, Professing Having the “Truth” Also Have, a “Drug Rehabilitation Center”?

Question by : Why Would a Religious Organization, Professing Having the “Truth” also have, a “Drug Rehabilitation Center”?
This group has denied they have a “drug problem” within their “Organization” How did this happen with all the promises of happiness, and real LOVE?

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Malaysia Mosque a Source of Hope for Heroin Addicts

Malaysia mosque a source of hope for heroin addicts

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In Malaysia, a Muslim-majority country where drug addiction is still taboo, his habit made him a social outcast until he found support from an unlikely source — the Ar Rahman mosque nestled in the bustling capital… Continue reading