Treatment over jail for drug use
Changing Colorado's drug sentencing laws to encourage treatment over incarceration for low-level users is an enlightened way to take on the destructive force of addiction. We hope the Colorado legislature passes a bill that would broadly revise the …
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Can Virtual Reality Treat Addiction?
Rosenthal's research employs a methodology called virtual reality cue reactivity. Put simply, that means using virtual reality to trigger a reaction, then to monitor that reaction. In substance abuse treatment, that usually involves transporting …
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Our View: State should lift limits on drug abuse treatment
A retroactive two-year limit on state funding for methadone and buprenorphine – the most effective drugs for treating heroin addiction – makes it much tougher for public health workers in Maine to turn the tide of the epidemic. Shutterstock.com. Select …
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Awards for raising drug prevention and treatment awareness
The Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse honored those on the front lines fighting addiction. Medical reporter Meg Farris emceed as people who work in prevention and treatment were given awards. A community leadership award was handed out to Major …
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Treatment over jail for drug use
Changing Colorado's drug sentencing laws to encourage treatment over incarceration for low-level users is an enlightened way to take on the destructive force of addiction. We hope the Colorado legislature passes a bill that would broadly revise the …
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Pain management in NFL spawns culture of prescription drug abuse
When Fred Smoot, a former Washington Redskins defensive back, fractured his sternum and had to spend four months sleeping in a recliner because he couldn't lie flat, he said his team doctors gave him a choice: Miss the rest of the season or "figure out …
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ADHD Meds May Not Cut Risk For Drug Abuse in Teens
The study's lead author, Brooke Molina, Ph.D., a professor of psychiatry and psychology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and colleagues said theirs is the first study to examine teenage substance abuse and treatment for ADHD in a …
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Paradigm Malibu, California Adolescent and Teen Drug Rehab Facility …
Malibu, CA has long been considered a hotbed for high-end luxury drug rehabs and addiction treatment centers. States Cole Rucker, Director of Marketing & Media Relations at Paradigm Malibu, "Since day one we have made an unwavering commitment …
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Teen group to raise awareness about drug, alcohol use
… Sweeney-Perkins and A.J. Rose pose for a photo Tuesday at Idea Charter School in Weston. Youth 4 Youth is a group associated with the Marathon County Alcohol and Other Drugs Partnership Council, and aims to raise awareness about teen substance use …
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Mental Health, Substance–Abuse Treatment Programs Celebrate Proposed …
“Every year they make us come up here and beg and grovel for every dollar that's spent on mental health and substance abuse treatment. And every year, guess what we do. We fight for it,” he said. Linda DePiano, who's CEO of the Jerome Golden Center for …
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10300 Montana alcoholics, drug addicts to be eligible for treatment
But there are factors outside the numbers that mitigate the potential increases and likely mean there won't be a sudden rush on rehab facilities, hospitals and mental-health centers, substance-abuse treatment providers said. That's because there is …
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US health law mixed for W.Va. drug abuse efforts
But with only 558 treatment center beds, West Virginia already has a higher occupancy rate than every other state except Idaho and New Hampshire. The federal figures estimate that 119,000 West Virginians need substance abuse treatment, or 1 out of …
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Question by lilsexymomma3: listing of drug classes in Lafayette?
court ordered drug classes?

Best answer:

Answer by IN PO
Lafayette……………… Indiana? Louisiana? What state?

Your probation officer–or whoever is making sure you’re doing your classes as ordered–should be able to provide you with a list of agencies in your area that offer drug classes…

Or, you could look in the Yellow Pages, or on http://www.yellowpages.com , and check under “Alcoholism Information & Treatment Centers” for agencies… If they offer counseling for alcohol abuse, they offer counseling for drug abuse…

Know better? Leave your own answer in the comments!

Mountain Brook schools to host prescription drug abuse program for parents …
MOUNTAIN BROOK, Alabama — As a follow-up to their 'Hitting Home' programs that kicked-off last November, Mountain Brook Schools are once again tackling the issues of underage substance abuse with a brand new informative session. On Thursday, April …
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Healthcare overhaul could strain substance abuse programs
As key parts of the federal healthcare overhaul set in, Vermont substance abuse treatment programs could become even more strained. That's the word from experts in the mental health fields, whose agencies say more people may seek drug and alcohol …
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Chico State to host two-day conference on alcohol/drug–abuse prevention efforts
The Alcohol and Other Drugs Educational Conference, a program of the California State University (CSU) Chancellor's Office, brings together students, staff and faculty working to prevent alcohol and drug abuse on college campuses to share activities …
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