Pain pill in pregnancy may raise child's ADHD risk, study finds
The “safest” drug for relieving aches and pains, lowering fever and treating headaches in pregnancy may not be so safe after all, according to a new report — it may raise the risk of ADHD and similar disorders in their children. Researchers found that …
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Philip Seymour Hoffman dies amid major comeback of heroin in the US
… a professor of neuropharmacology at Washington University in St. Louis, told the Los Angeles Times in a phone interview Monday. For seven years, Cicero has been monitoring trends for patients in 150 drug treatment centers across the country. In …
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Treating alcoholism with alcohol? Absurd harm reduction strategy has worked …
But now it seems they have gone one bridge too far, combating alcoholism by giving addicts alcohol. It is a bizarre and controversial strategy that flies in the face of the Canadian government's own drug treatment policy stance and seems to defy common …
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Northampton County Council approves audit of prison treatment program for …
Council this week tasked the county controller with investigating recidivism rates, spending and accreditation at the county's Community Education Centers, which offer alcohol abuse treatment and parenting classes at the West Easton Treatment Center …
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Program's end reopens debate on clean needles for drug users
Each day, dozens of drug addicts file into New Leaf Treatment Center hoping for a respite from their cravings. Gantt Galloway hopes to buy time for their recovery. A pharmacist and noted researcher, Galloway founded a drug treatment center in Lafayette.
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Families struggle with crisis after crisis when a loved one is addicted
Their stories share more than a few common threads – a once-wholesome child stealing and manipulating to get money for drugs, repeat stints at short-term drug treatment centers followed by near-immediate relapse, overdoses, and, all-too-often, the …
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Drug recovery a 'sink or swim' struggle for South Jersey addicts, families …
In-patient rehabilitation centers are also hard to find, and Thompson finds himself regularly sending clients to North Jersey or out of state entirely for clinical services. Finding in-patient facilities for individuals without health insurance or …
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Drug treatment funding in Maine is falling, but demand is greater than ever
In 2010, Maine spent a total of $ 47 million on substance abuse treatment ranging from sober-living situations such as halfway houses, to outpatient counseling, to hospitals or short-term stays in rehabilitation clinics. Last year the amount dropped by …
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Gov. Patrick: 'Treating Those With Substance Abuse As Prisoners Is Wrong'
BOSTON — Inmates will have an easier time moving into minimum security facilities, and Massachusetts will lose the dubious distinction of being the only state to hold civilly committed people in prison, Gov. Deval Patrick said Thursday, charting out a …
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COUNSEL'S CORNER: Provider Strategies to Combat the Prescription Drug …
Alix C. Michel and David J. Ward, with Michel & Ward, Chattanooga, Tenn., have a combined 50 years of legal experience, primarily in medical and professional malpractice and prescription drug abuse matters. Their expertise in … In July of 2012, the …
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Chief Lansdowne's fatally flawed fix for drug abuse
The money saved, which they estimate at $ 150 million to $ 200 million a year, would be earmarked for drug treatment and mental health programs, crime prevention programs in schools and a fund for victims of trauma. If cleared by the state for …
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