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Teen Drug Rehab: Prince William’s Potential Cut to Jail Drug Treatment Program Draws Backlash – Washington Post

Prince William’s potential cut to jail drug treatment program draws backlash – Washington Post
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Prince William's potential cut to jail drug treatment program draws backlash
Washington Post
Prince William County officials are considering cutting local funding for the county jail's substance abuse treatment program, a move that has touched off intense lobbying from defense attorneys and law enforcement officials who say the program helps

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Drug Abuse: Substance Abuse Program Focus – the Sunday Dispatch

Substance abuse program focus – The Sunday Dispatch
Filed under: Drug Abuse

Substance abuse program focus
The Sunday Dispatch
“Though no parent wants to think it, one must realize that children are exposed to drugs and the possibility for experimentation exists,” Keating said. “The one thing I have learned as a principal is addiction can happen to anyone regardless of social

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Drug Abuse: Bay High School Hosts Play Dedicated to Combating Drug Abuse – Plain Dealer

Bay High School hosts play dedicated to combating drug abuse – Plain Dealer
Filed under: Drug Abuse

Bay High School hosts play dedicated to combating drug abuse
Plain Dealer
More than one in five Ohio high school students reported using a prescription drug not ordered by a doctor at least one time, according to Recovery Resources. Cuyahoga County is among the top five counties in the state for reported prescription drug abuse.

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Drug Abuse: Our View: State Should Lift Limits on Drug Abuse Treatment – Press Herald

Our View: State should lift limits on drug abuse treatment – Press Herald
Filed under: Drug Abuse


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Our View: State should lift limits on drug abuse treatment
Press Herald
For more than a decade, prescription-drug abuse has taken a toll in Maine in the form of crime, overdoses and deaths. click image to enlarge. A retroactive two-year limit on state funding for methadone and buprenorphine – the most effective drugs for …… Continue reading

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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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
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