behavioral health

Drug Abuse: Strung Out: Prescription Drug Abuse High

Strung out: Prescription drug abuse high
Filed under: Drug Abuse

New data shows prescription drug abuse tops North East ambulance demand.
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Prescription Drug Abuse – It's Not What the Doctor Ordered: Georgia Prevention Initiative Awareness Campaign
Filed under: Drug Abuse

ATLANTA, May 14, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — One person dies every 19 minutes from prescription drug abuse in the United States according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The Georgia Prescription… Continue reading

Teen Drug Rehab: Dealers Forcing Parents to Pay for Drug Debts – Herald.ie

Dealers forcing parents to pay for drug debts – Herald.ie
Filed under: Teen Drug Rehab

Dealers forcing parents to pay for drug debts
Herald.ie
"We've heard of families getting into debt or handing over their cars to dealers to get them off their backs," said Liam Collins of the Fettercairn Drug Rehabilitation Project, Tallaght. "There is a massive fear-factor used by drug gangs when trying to

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Cops, Mental Health Staff Working Together in Sonoma Inspires Locals

Cops, mental health staff working together in Sonoma inspires locals
Filed under: dual diagnosis training

Karen Lovato, a county behavioral health top staffer, attended training where law enforcement officers were learning how to keep some of such situations from escalating. Lovato attended with a jail and a sheriff's deputy, a Willits police officer and …
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Surgeon, anthropologist lead effort to bridge Western health care, indigenous
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SUBSTANCE ABUSE in ACTION

SUBSTANCE ABUSE IN ACTION


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Colorado clarifying involuntary hold laws
Filed under: alcohol substance abuse

Furthermore, behavioral health experts now know that people struggling with mental health challenges often self-medicate with alcohol and drugs. Or the reverse can be true. Substance abuse can increase the chances of psychosis later in life.
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Drug Abuse: New Program to Combat Rx Drug Abuse – Triangle Business Journal

New program to combat Rx drug abuse – Triangle Business Journal
Filed under: Drug Abuse

New program to combat Rx drug abuse
Triangle Business Journal
It led to a 69 percent drop in the overdose death rate, a 15 percent reduction of substance abuse-related admissions to emergency departments, and more than 70 percent of Wilkes County prescribers registering with the state's controlled substances drug
New Funding Announced to Fight Prescription Drug Abuse Statewide… Continue reading

Non Residential Drug Rehab Houston Call 713-966-6103 for Help

Non Residential Drug Rehab Houston Call 713-966-6103 For Help


http://www.drugalcoholrehabhouston.com/ Outpatient Rehabilitation Houston TX Call 713-966-6103 For More Info. Visit one of the leading drug rehab programs wi…

 

No Adderall for Lindsay Lohan in rehab
Filed under: drug alcohol rehab

For someone struggling with addiction, like Lindsay, the amount of drugs and alcohol at Coachella is just a recipe for disaster waiting to happen. "Lindsay can turn it around, but she has to look… Continue reading