CDC: The Top 10 Things You Should Know About Prescription Drug Abuse
"We can stop this epidemic," Dr. Thomas Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said during the second National Rx Drug Abuse Summit in early April. "We have the tools, but we need everyone working together in an …
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DEA: Public response to National Prescription Take-Back Day keeps growing
According to the 2011 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), twice as many Americans regularly abused prescription drugs than the number of those who regularly used cocaine, …
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Bay area takes part in National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on Saturday
Tampa, Florida — Many counties are taking part in National Drug-Take Back Day on Saturday, April 27. The event gives the public the opportunity to prevent prescription drug abuse and theft by safely disposing of potentially dangerous expired, unused …
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Drug Treatment Center Opens in Chicago's River North District
CHICAGO, April 30, 2013 — /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Gateway Foundation Alcohol & Drug Treatment, a leading provider of substance abuse treatment, has expanded its Illinois rehab network with the opening of a new outpatient center providing adult …
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Salvation Army seeks donations after slow spring
Substance abuse treatment centers can be quite expensive, Miller said, and the Salvation Army program “can really help these guys. I've seen guys working with them and developing relationships. They can see real change in their lives. They realized …
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Viewpoint: We Need to Rethink Rehab
“The therapeutic community claims a 30% success rate, but they only count people who complete the program,” according to Joseph A. Califano Jr., founder of the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse and a former U.S. Secretary of Health, …
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Drug Treatment Center Opens in Chicago's River North District – PR Newswire
CHICAGO, April 30, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Gateway Foundation Alcohol & Drug Treatment, a leading provider of substance abuse treatment, has expanded its Illinois rehab network with the opening of a new outpatient center providing adult …
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Into Action Treatment Center Sponsors the Southeast Florida Chamber of …
South Florida alcohol and drug rehab center, Into Action Treatment supports fitness and healthy living as the main sponsor at the Southeast Florida Chamber of Commerce Home and Health Fitness Expo. Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on …
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Into Action Drug Treatment Center Visits the Arts Garage in Delray Beach, Florida
Into Action Treatment is a small 24-bed coed Florida drug rehab center located in Boynton Beach. Into Action is a very unique center, which focuses on long-term recovery for addicts and alcoholics. Most drug treatment centers in the industry are 28 …
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Drug Treatment Center Opens in Chicago's River North District – PR Newswire
CHICAGO, April 30, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Gateway Foundation Alcohol & Drug Treatment, a leading provider of substance abuse treatment, has expanded its Illinois rehab network with the opening of a new outpatient center providing adult …
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Lebanon Township drug rehab suit to be back in court on April 26
Gen Psych received unanimous approval in September to turn an existing office building into a 13-bed inpatient drug rehabilitation center. A group of residents then filed a lawsuit arguing that the Board of Adjustment should have heard the application …
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'Day of loss' as Bill Brady center closes its doors
Tuesday was the last day of operation for the Bill Brady Healing Center. The inpatient drug-and-alcohol rehab program has existed in its current form since 1996. Its closure is blamed on federal budget cutbacks. The center is part of the Southeast …
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Trial over proposed drug rehab in Lebanon Twp. is on Friday
Gen Psych received unanimous approval in September to turn an existing office building into a 13-bed inpatient drug rehabilitation center. The Planning Board adopted a resolution that made the approval of the treatment center official on Oct. 16.
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A Rising Tide of Substance Abuse
Baby boomers, who came of age in the '60s and '70s when experimenting with drugs was pervasive, are far more likely to use illicit drugs than previous generations. For example, a 2011 study by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services …
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GAO: No progress was made on reducing teen drug use
The strategy identified seven goals involved in reducing drug use among teens by 15 percent by 2015. The Government Accountability Office said the Office of National Drug Control Policy and other federal agencies had made progress toward one goal but …
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Anti-drug abuse coalition launches pot education…
Prompted by recent legislation that deemed marijuana legal for medical and recreational use, Macomb County drug abuse prevention organizations are fighting back. “There's a lot of talk about marijuana these days,” said Charlene McGunn, executive …
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Prescription Drug Abuse: Top 10 Things CDC Says You Should Know
Linebacker Austin Box of the Oklahoma Sooners takes a break during a game in 2010. Box died of an accidental prescription drug overdose the following year. Austin Box "gutted through" pain. Even after a bad blow to his back that ruptured a disc, the …
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New Research Shows Programs like Recovery Associates Offer the Most …
New Research Shows Programs like Recovery Associates Offer the Most Effective Type of Treatment for Drug and Alcohol Addiction. Recent research conducted by the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University makes some …
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'Up to 5% of population' addicted to alcohol or drugs – Gulf Times
The official said that the addiction treatment and rehabilitation centre was strictly for Qataris now but could be expanded to cater to expatriates in future. “The centre will cater to all kinds of addictions, including alcohol and drug, even though …
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Prescription drugs: Understanding the 'epidemic'
“In the initial discussion of these drugs, dating back all the way to the 1980s, the risk of addiction was underestimated, and that coincided with a radical change in health care behavior, where the tendency became prescribe instead of treat,” said Dr …
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