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Guest Column: Parents Must Be Involved in Combatting Substance Abuse

Guest column: Parents must be involved in combatting substance abuse

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After more than two decades of serving as the director of Libertas and as I approach retirement, there are several things I wish to share about the substance abuse problem in our community… Continue reading

Drug Abuse Prevention Videos Available

Drug abuse prevention videos available

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According to DARE Officer Kevin Nielsen, “The videos are extremely informative and are an easy way for busy parents to obtain crucial information that can help them keep their children drug free.” The Pocatello Police Department added a link… Continue reading

Kaitaia Emergency Department Tackling Alcohol-Related Harm

Kaitaia Emergency Department tackling alcohol-related harm

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Northland DHB in partnership with Alcohol Drug Helpline and ALAC are working together to reduce alcohol-related harm and to offer people support. "From the 1st of November Kaitaia Emergency Department staff will be asking patients presenting with an… Continue reading

EEG Provides Insight Into Drug-Related Choice in Addiction, Potential

EEG provides insight into drug-related choice in addiction, potential

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(Medical Xpress)—Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory, Stony Brook University, and collaborators may have found a way to predict drug-addicted individuals' responses to drug-related stimuli. Their research …… Continue reading

Casino: Good, Bad and Indifferent

Casino: Good, bad and indifferent

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Of the 2,000 people that called the Connex Ontario Helpline in 2010, 65.4 per cent reported problem gambling associated with slot machines and 60 per cent of slot machine revenue is derived from problem gamblers: CAMH. $ 53-million spent on… Continue reading

Recognizing Alcohol & Drug Addiction : How to Help an Addict


 

Recognizing Alcohol & Drug Addiction : How to Help an Addict – How to help an addict with theiraddiction in this free home health video. Expert: rivrsurvivor Bio: John DePalma, born and raised in, Queens, NY, has been a recovering alcohol and drug addict for over 17 years. Falling… Continue reading

DRUGS in DEDHAM: Town Organizations Getting Involved

DRUGS IN DEDHAM: Town organizations getting involved

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Helping people on an individual level is one thing, but what DelloIacono and the rest of the town's leaders hope to do is to make drug abuse prevention systematic in the town. The only problem is: Where… Continue reading

Teen Recovery Solutions Offers Oklahoma Teens Battling Addictions Positive

Teen Recovery Solutions offers Oklahoma teens battling addictions positive

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The private recovery high school helps teens recover from drug and alcohol addictions while allowing them to finish high school. It is a recovery-based environment in which the student can complete their high school… Continue reading

Teen Prescription Drug Abuse: One Mom's Struggle

Teen prescription drug abuse: One Mom's Struggle

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During October and November, the Healthy Kids blog will look at this issue through the stories of former teen prescription-drug users now in recovery, their parents and local addiction-recovery experts working to treat addicted teens and… Continue reading

Ex-Addict Goes All In, and Wins

Ex-Addict goes all in, and wins

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As is the case with most alcoholics or addicts, it wasn't always dark and miserable. Merson made straight A's in high school. After graduating in 2007, Merson said that he lost his way. Struggling to find money to… Continue reading