drug and alcohol abuse

Destination Hope Drug Rehab for Women Recognizes Women's History Month

Destination Hope Drug Rehab for Women Recognizes Women's History Month
[rewrite]As part of Women's History Month, Destination Hope: The Women's Program is helping clients learn to rewrite their story through addiction treatment and recovery. The focus is on helping clients put their substance abuse and past addiction behind them …[/rewrite]
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Bangor area law enforcement leaders tell business group drug abuse is driving
[rewrite]Hathaway, Brewer Police Chief Perry Antone and Penobscot County Sheriff Glenn Ross spoke about how drug use is driving crime in the region, and about the importance of early education and drug treatment programs. “It amounts to: Virtually everything …[/rewrite]
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Michigan Receives Drug and Alcohol Abuse Grant

Michigan Receives Drug and Alcohol Abuse Grant — Michigan receives the Strategic Prevention Framework Partnerships for Success II Grant for three years.


Rehab is all about constant cravings
[rewrite]We can get them off the drugs in a physical sense, but more often than not they fall into the same cravings.” The 50-bed facility typically has a patient population between the ages of 18-30. On any given night, 30-40 percent of the patients have been …[/rewrite]
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*Urgent! What Insurance Plans Cover “Passages Malibu” Drug Treatment Center?

Question by Shaina: *urgent! what insurance plans cover “passages malibu” drug treatment center?
[rewrite]If you have been there or just know the list of what plans are accepted, please please let me know…. this means Life or Death. thank you soooo much!!!
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Answer by sunshine girl
I would be surprised if that particular place is covered. In my experience those kinds of treatment centers that claim to “cure” addiction are nothing more than a relaxing vacation for the addicts. If you or someone you know is looking for a real rehab center focus on one with strong support networks for the patient and a good program based on the 12 steps. Addiction is not something you cure in a couple months, it’s a life long disease that can resurface at any point.

Weed Cops Blaze New Trail

Weed Cops Blaze New Trail
[rewrite]Those he greeted we're on the final leg of a journey to apply for one of up to 35 medical marijuana treatment center licenses the state was offering—the closest thing to golden tickets since Willy Wonka. To the wannabe winners ….. “There is data …[/rewrite]
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Substance Abuse And Mental Disorders Often Go Hand-In-Hand. What's The
[rewrite]Addiction treatment specialists are well aware of the fact that drug and alcohol abuse can also cause symptoms of a mental disorder – in other words, if you take away the drugs and alcohol, the mental problems ease up or go away entirely. But that's …[/rewrite]
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Partying With Adderall: Experts: Combining Drug With Alcohol Is Common

Partying with Adderall: Experts: Combining drug with alcohol is common
[rewrite]Adderall works by increasing the levels of dopamine, a chemical in the brain associated with pleasure, movement and attention, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse. The drug often is prescribed to help a person suffering from ADHD focus …[/rewrite]
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Dedham Forms New Coalition for Alcohol, Drug Awareness
[rewrite]In response to the growing problem many towns have formed coalitions to reduce drug and alcohol abuse through education and assistance programs. They include Braintree, Brookline, Dover, Weymouth, Sharon, Needham, Walpole, Medfield, Foxboro and …[/rewrite]
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Advocates in Wallingford Urge Action on Bill to Help Fight Drug Abuse

Advocates in Wallingford urge action on bill to help fight drug abuse
[rewrite]The one subject that provoked the most passion during the session, bringing one woman who said she was a recovering substance abuser to tears, was discussion of the adequacy of the state's drug abuse program. House Bill 5372 is designed to assess …[/rewrite]
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Drug abuse does not always lead to psychosis readmission
[rewrite]Cannabis or stimulant abuse disorders do not necessarily predict a negative outcome for patients with first-episode psychosis, Australian researchers report. “Young people with substance comorbidities may have both the best and worst of outcomes, …[/rewrite]
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