Calvert, St. Mary's and Charles County

Calvert, St. Mary's and Charles County

Filed under: prescription drug addiction treatment

28 county and state officials gathered to dedicate the Calvert County Substance Abuse Treatment Center. Calvert County Commissioners' President Gerald W. “Jerry” Clark [R] noted that prescription drug abuse in the county has had “an alarming rise.” …
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Celebrity Overdoses: Deaths Highlight Prescription Drug Epidemic

Filed under: prescription drug addiction treatment

The number of infants born addicted to prescription drugs every year has also tripled in the past 10 years, to approximately 13,500, according to a report in the Journal of American Medical Association. In 2009, treatment of these drug-addicted babies …
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Prescription Drug Addiction: Rise Endangers Celebrities, Teens, and Us

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Somehow that message doesn't seem to be getting out, says the CDC, which now calls prescription drug abuse an epidemic. Over the … The number of people seeking treatment for prescription painkillers rose 400 percent between 2004 and 2008. Because …
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Prescription Medication Addiction Treatment in San Francisco – www.reliancecenter.com The Reliance Center of San Francisco helps patients around the Bay Area including Tiburon, Sausalito and Berkeley overcome their addictions to presciption medications. Our approach to drug rehabilitation is unique and evidence based combining suboxone treatment with counseling services. Learn more about how abuse of prescription medications an pills is becoming a more prevelant problem in the greater San Francisco and Oakland areas.

 

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