Leading Health Indicators Webinar: Substance Abuse (Part 1 of 6)

Published January 18, 2014

Leading Health Indicators Webinar: Substance Abuse (Part 1 of 6) — Dr. Don Wright, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, provides an overview of the Healthy People 2020 leading health indica…

Hassan will speak at substance abuse conference at Pinkerton
[rewrite]Pfeifer said substance abuse professionals are seeing an increase in the abuse of prescription medications, such as pain killers, along with heroin use. He said there has been a significant increase in heroin use by people in the age range of 18 to 25 …[/rewrite]
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Substance abuse more likely among patients with mental illness
[rewrite]Patients with psychotic disorders are more likely to drink alcohol, smoke cigarettes and use recreational drugs, recent data show. Researchers assessed 18,612 patients with mental illnesses. Of those, 5,586 patients had schizophrenia, 1,507 had bipolar …[/rewrite]
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