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Plain Talk About Drug Addiction – the Recorder

Plain talk about drug addiction – The Recorder

Plain talk about drug addiction
The Recorder
Doctor Ruth Potee counts empty containers of Suboxone, a drug for people addicted to opiates, to make sure her patient is taking the drug properly. Potee gave a talk during a "Safe and Competent Opioid… Continue reading

Alcohol & Drug Rehab St. John’s Launches Program to Help Adults and Adolescents Stop PCP Addiction

Alcohol & Drug Rehab St. John’s Launches Program to Help Adults and Adolescents Stop PCP Addiction
Individuals seeking relief from drug and alcohol addiction in St. John’s can now receive no-cost consultations. Call (709) 700-9992 for an appointment at Drug Addiction Treatment Centers. (PRWeb January 12, 2014) Read the full… Continue reading

EDITORIAL: Treating Drug Addiction Like a Disease Is Key

EDITORIAL: Treating drug addiction like a disease is key
A growing body of medical professionals and others now view drug addiction as a disease as surely as heart disease … t respect state or county borders. Now it’s Cincinnati and Southwest Ohio’s turn to to create a similar response.
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What Is the Best Way to Get Off Opioid Drugs?

Question by fran g: What is the best way to get off opioid drugs?
I have a relative who after 15 years of drug addiction is still unable to kick the habit. He began by using heroin, then got into methadone treatment, then into methadose treatment and is currently taking… Continue reading

Killing More Than Pain: Deaths of Women From Prescription Overdose Rise 400

Killing more than pain: Deaths of women from prescription overdose rise 400
He now serves as medical director of special projects for the Tennessee Department of Health and says considers ending prescription drug abuse to be his "day job." "I think women are coming more into the drug culture… Continue reading

Oxycodone Addiction and Oxycodone Abuse

Oxycodone Addiction and Oxycodone Abuse
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Social Welfare Bureau: More medical professionals aware about drug abuse
The Head of the Treatment and Social Rehabilitation for Drug… Continue reading

Go Easy on Those ADHD Drugs

Go Easy On Those ADHD Drugs

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They fell out of favor among medical professionals for most conditions, though, as tends to happen for drugs with amphetamine-grade addiction potential. Not only did we find more effective treatments for things like depression, but it also became …… Continue reading

Medical Professionals Need Pain Treatment Training

Medical professionals need pain treatment training

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It requires that most health care professionals, including doctors and nurses, take course work or training every four years in, among other things, “pain” and “preventing, identifying and responding to abuse of and addiction to prescription drugs …
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Communities Still Struggling With Fallout From AB 109, Officials Say

Communities still struggling with fallout from AB 109, officials say

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The state's prison realignment program was designed to reduce overcrowding in California's prison system but some law enforcement members said the effort has resulted in increases in crime that communities are struggling… Continue reading

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… Continue reading