Do I Have a Drug Problem?
Question by hubhubhi12: Do I have a drug problem?
[rewrite]I huff and I use prescribed narcotics when I don’t need them. I know it’s completely idiotic of me and I know the danger but I just can’t justify it. No one in my life knows this is going on. Should I tell someone? I don’t want them to be disappointed because I just overcame a 6 year battle with bulimia and I’m not like the other 17 year olds my age I don’t do it for fun. I really don’t know what to do…sorry this is so long.
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Is Substance Abuse Coverage as Equal as Required?
Is substance abuse coverage as equal as required?
[rewrite]Insurance plans that cover substance abuse treatment must provide the same level of care and cost sharing as they do for other medical issues, but treatment centers say disagreement over what this means leaves many alcoholics and drug addicts without …[/rewrite]
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DSHS Chief: Legislature to blame for lack of drug treatment funding
[rewrite]The top human services official in the state, Sec. of DSHS, Kevin Quigley, authored a string of emails Thursday to defend his agency and put the blame squarely on the legislature for failing to adequately fund outpatient and detox drug treatment for …[/rewrite]
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Why Wasn't He Still in Prison? Violent Convict Charged With Killing Again
Why wasn't he still in prison? Violent convict charged with killing again
[rewrite]A Michigan parolee accused of stabbing and strangling an elderly Novi woman in January would have been behind bars at the time of her killing if he hadn't been given five years' of jail credit he wasn't entitled to, according to a Free Press review of …[/rewrite]
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Another View: U.S. war on drugs overlooks measures for lowering demand
[rewrite]… is by education and treatment, something the “war” has almost completely overlooked. If you doubt this, look up what the Drug Enforcement Administration's budget was anytime in the 1980s or 1990s, then look up what the Drug Abuse Resistance …[/rewrite]
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Drug and Alcohol Treatment – Aftercare Sober Living for Women
Drug and Alcohol Treatment – Aftercare Sober Living For Women — This is a mother’s perspective of her daughter’s addiction prior to entering Clarity House. Alcoholism and addiction affects the whole family, this is one mo…
Baby-boomer drug and alcohol warning
[rewrite]The European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction has estimated that the number of people aged over 65 needing treatment for drug problems in Europe will double between 2001 and 2020. The DrugScope report says about 1.4 million people …[/rewrite]
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Drug Addiction?
Question by ebizartistry: Drug addiction?
[rewrite]Why is “Demand Reduction” an elemental part of eliminating the drug problem?
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Best answer:
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Answer by Scuba Steve
if there’s no demand for a drug
the drug problem will not exist
because nobody will be buying it
all drugs or only problems because there are always people that will use them
lower or eliminate the demand, and the problem disapeers
Heroin Addicts Who Want Help Face Insurance Denials
Heroin addicts who want help face insurance denials
[rewrite]"A lot of these heroin users now have families, and the insurers aren't looking at them the same way as someone who's homeless or living in a drug house," said Robert Lebman, president of Huther Doyle, an addiction treatment center in Rochester, N.Y..[/rewrite]
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New Blairsville support group looks to address drug problems
[rewrite]“I think the goal for all of us, so many of us have lost loved ones or are dealing with somebody that is in addiction right now, the goal is to try to bring change to our community and get as much help and awareness out there as possible,” Morelli said …[/rewrite]
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