Drug Abuse Office Offers Videos for Docs
Drug Abuse Office Offers Videos for Docs
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"The videos show the way that the physicians interact with these patients, asking them questions that are sensitive and many physicians feel uncomfortable asking," said Nora Volkow, MD, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse. "Those that are …
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With rise in prescription drug use comes greater addiction
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That pattern follows statewide and national trends, trends coupled with rising numbers of people seeking treatment for prescription drug addiction. The sales of prescription opioid pain relievers nationwide ballooned between 1999 and 2010. The Centers …
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Jackson County Family Drug Court hailed as a model
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The woman — slender and waifish — hadn't been to drug treatment in a month and just had been diagnosed with serious depression, another burden on top of addiction and poverty. “I'm really worried about you,” Merrigan assured. “You're really …
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Drug court program gives Pekin offender a second chance
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Angel will get one of the rare chances the county's court system offers to break that cycle with his admission to its drug court program, a combination of intense treatments and responsibilities designed to both help him and reduce crime. … It and …
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Drug Addiction Treatment (Part 2) – This is a story about Mario and his mom who was treated after a month into a Drug Rehab Center for drug addiction treatment by Dr. Mohammad, certified in Addiction Medicine by the American Society of Addiction Medicine. For more information, you can visit www.malibuhorizon.com – a California Drug Rehab.
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