OKC Mayoral Candidate Ed Shadid Faces New Drug Abuse Allegations
"It's a problem that isn't going to go away if we keep ignoring it," said Jeffrey Dismukes with the State Department of Substance Abuse. He can't talk specifically about this case but says 12 percent of Oklahomans have some sort of substance abuse …
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Novus Medical Detox Says Illicit Drug Use Affects Economy – Drug Incarceration …
Florida-based detox center Novus Medical Detox suggests the use of treatment programs instead of prison sentences as the best means of ending drug abuse in the U.S., as well as reducing the costs of incarceration. Share on Twitter Share on Facebook …
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Veterans' treatment addresses both mental illness, substance abuse
Eventually, he was placed in a program at the Chalmers P. Wylie VA Ambulatory Care Center in Columbus that was the first of its kind in the federal veterans system when it was launched in May 2012. Integrated dual disorder treatment recognizes that …
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NH ranks 49th among states for access to alcohol, drug treatments
… a halfway house. McLoed said he has been clean since. “I was 50/50 about whether or not to go into a rehab or to go to a methadone clinic. I am really glad I chose rehab because I found a way of life where I would not find drugs necessary,” McLoed …
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War on drugs shifts: Health care law expands coverage for substance abuse …
Nationally, one in 10 people addicted to drugs or alcohol, or 20.7 million people, do not receive treatment, according to a report from the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse. America's current health care system does "little to …
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3 Ways To Create A Positive Environment for Teens Recovering from Addiction
Raising a teenager is a complex process, one that is exacerbated by a teen drug or alcohol addiction. The natural tension of a parent/teen relationship coupled with the addiction issue can make overcoming a child's substance abuse feel impossible.
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Families of victims killed by drunk teen upset he got probation, not jail time
In the months that followed, Couch went to Newport Academy in Orange County, California for drug and alcohol rehab, and that's where his attorneys want him sent for a year, costing Couch's father nearly $ 500,000. Couch wouldn't be allowed to have any …
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Long Beach Substance Abuse Foundation offers hope to addicts
According to the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 161,133 residents age 12 and up were admitted to treatment facilities in 2012. That's down from 213,576 in 2002, but slightly … Thirty funding sources, ranging from …
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Care and compassion needed for addicted mothers-to-be
Standard of care for the treatment of heroin addiction, and more recently, the treatment of non-heroin opiate addiction, is maintenance therapy with methadone. The goals are to encourage and ensure safe prenatal care, prevent complications from illicit …
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ADHD diagnoses soared amid 20-year drug marketing campaign
But even some of the field's longtime advocates say the zeal to find and treat every A.D.H.D. child has led to too many people with scant symptoms receiving the diagnosis and medication. The disorder is now the second most frequent long-term diagnosis …
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Viewpoints: Nevada now asks hard questions about needs of mentally ill
Obamacare has also expanded the Mental Health Parity and Addition Equity Act of 2008 to increase access to treatment for mental health and substance abuse disorders. The Brown case has caused me and other members of the Nevada Legislature to …
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