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Options Exist for Substance Abuse Treatment

Options exist for substance abuse treatment

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According to The Coordinating Council of Calhoun County's Community Report Card for 2011-2012, there were at least 1,982 people in 2009 and 2010 who needed drug and alcohol addiction treatment. The report noted that the actual number of people in …
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Five questions with … LaTavia Little

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Fetal Argument: County DA to Begin Prosecution of Mothers Who Use Drugs

Fetal Argument: County DA to begin prosecution of mothers who use drugs

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At the root of the National Advocates for Pregnant Women's argument against these prosecutions is this: Drug addiction should be treated as a public health concern. Not a legal one. It's unrealistic to expect a woman who is battling drug addiction to …
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Agencies work to curb rise of prescription drug abuse

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COMMUNITY COMMENT: You Can Help Prevent Prescription Drug Abuse

COMMUNITY COMMENT: You can help prevent prescription drug abuse

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Many parents worry their children will experiment with alcohol or marijuana or other drugs. Those are valid concerns, yet we need to alert parents of a parallel drug problem that also has taken root in Indiana and plagues Hoosier families: abuse of …
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Steppingstone substance abuse program to work with male offenders

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Drug Discovery in Rare Diseases

Drug Discovery in Rare Diseases

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In comparison with major diseases, the targeting of rare diseases poses many different challenges, necessitating consideration of bespoke R&D strategies for drug discovery efforts to be successful. This report examines the role that …. Don't insult …
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The other drug problem

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Recent articles have discussed the dangers of a particular kind of synthetic drug often sold as "bath salts" or synthetic marijuana sold as "incense." These drugs … Some of them can be dangerous if abused, and all of them legal under current laws …
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How Can I Find the Available Drug Rehab Centers in Beeville, Texas?

Question by carlee 3xf: How can I find the available drug rehab centers in Beeville, Texas?
A close neighbor of mine has recently decided to turn over a new leaf, and I just want so much to help her. I told her that I’d help her find a rehabilitation center, but I’m at a loss. I don’t know how to start. We live in Beeville, Texas. Any suggestions?

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Does It Make More Sense to Put CHEMICALLY ADDICTED People in PRISON for POSSESSION or in REHAB?

Question by Bush is not conservative: Does it make more sense to put CHEMICALLY ADDICTED people in PRISON for POSSESSION or in REHAB?
Addiction is an illness. Narcotics abuse is an illness. Logically, the purchasing, possession and abuse of a drug by an addict is as much of a health concern as it is a legal one.

Narcotics abuse is undoubtedly a more emotionally complicated crime than other nonviolent offenses such as theft and vandalism, but early attempts to curb abuse lacked the necessary breadth to get addicts clean. Incarceration is not an effective method of freeing drug users from the substances on which they depend.