Fighting Drug Addiction With 'Flash Jobs' and High Fashion
Fighting Drug Addiction With 'Flash Jobs' and High Fashion
[rewrite]The trial—based on a similar effort in Norway—sought to help hard-core heroin addicts who had failed out of other treatment programs, based on the thinking that the chronically addicted might use fewer drugs if they had a job to go to in the morning …[/rewrite]
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FDA Approves Portable Drug Overdose Treatment
[rewrite]Federal regulators said that the treatment, an injector filled with a medication that reverses the effects of an overdose, can fit in a pocket or medicine cabinet, and could help stem the rising number of drug overdoses. The device, called … “Making …[/rewrite]
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Jason Giambi Has Golden Thong at the Ready: Cleveland Indians Spring Training …
Jason Giambi has golden thong at the ready: Cleveland Indians spring training …
[rewrite]New policy: MLB has toughened its penalties for players who test positive for performance enhancing drugs. First time offenders will be … Giambi, of course, was entangled in the BALCO steroid scandal and testified in federal court. Said Swisher, “In …[/rewrite]
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Want to stay sober? There's an app for that
[rewrite]The sober app studied joins a host of others that serve as electronic shoulder angels, featuring a variety of options for trying to prevent alcoholics and drug addicts from relapsing. Adults released from in-patient alcoholism treatment centers who got …[/rewrite]
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Saving Lives With a Radical Plan
Saving Lives With a Radical Plan
[rewrite]Drug addiction is a chronic, recurring medical condition that is extremely difficult to treat. Over the last decade, Vancouver Coastal Health, the public health authority in Vancouver, has invested far more in prevention and addiction treatment than in …[/rewrite]
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LCO Tribe works to end synthetic drug use on the reservation
[rewrite]Hayward, WI (NNCNOW.com) — Lac Courte Oreilles tribal members are working to end what they say is a growing synthetic drug problem on the reservation. It was standing room only at the community forum Thursday, with citizens eager to learn ways to rid …[/rewrite]
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Engel: First, Prevent and Treat Drug Addiction
Engel: First, prevent and treat drug addiction
[rewrite]We need resources to support affected families and develop programs for promoting recovery. • We need robust prevention programs for high-risk people in schools and in the community. • We need citizens to step up and be community leaders. • We need …[/rewrite]
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Report Says Medication Use Is Rising for Adults With Attention Disorder
[rewrite]These drugs can temper hallmark symptoms like severe inattention and hyperactivity but also carry risks like sleep deprivation, appetite suppression and, more rarely, addiction and hallucinations. In examining actual prescriptions filled, the report …[/rewrite]
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COUNSEL'S CORNER: Provider Strategies to Combat the Prescription Drug …
COUNSEL'S CORNER: Provider Strategies to Combat the Prescription Drug …
[rewrite]Alix C. Michel and David J. Ward, with Michel & Ward, Chattanooga, Tenn., have a combined 50 years of legal experience, primarily in medical and professional malpractice and prescription drug abuse matters. Their expertise in prescription drug abuse …[/rewrite]
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Commission, School Board, Senate candidates file
[rewrite]“I would especially like to be involved in helping attract new businesses with good paying jobs, that is the future for our young people and they are the future of the county. “McDowell County is made up of Democrats, … I don't think anyone is served …[/rewrite]
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Need Help Regarding Drug Abuse?
Question by Angel: Need help regarding Drug abuse?
[rewrite]Hi guys I need help! my boyfriend seems to have a drug problem… he is telling me he wants to stop and is upset after he messes up, I know it always starts after he drinks he turns to that substance to sober up, now im not sure what to do I have tried my best I have threatened to leave him and he said he will only get worse… when ever I fight with him he blames it on that, seems like my only option is to not let it affect me but I cannot sit back and watch my boyfriend throw his life away, also I would be the first to send him off to rehab but with that come alot of complications in the family so that would be my last resort.. PLEASE I need advice