Montgomery County Community Calendar, April 3 to 10, 2014
Montgomery County community calendar, April 3 to 10, 2014
[rewrite]Friendship Heights walking club, leaves the village center at 8:15 a.m. Saturdays, Tuesdays and Thursdays; call to confirm event during inclement weather. … 8 p.m., Westmoreland Congregational United Church of Christ, 1 Westmoreland Cir., Bethesda …[/rewrite]
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Randall Beach: Nobody is alone at this faith-based center
[rewrite]One of them, Tara Edmundson, told me, “I had an alcohol addiction, and I was living in Philadelphia when my godmother told me about this program. In a move of desperation, I quit my job and came here. It was a leap of faith, but it's working …[/rewrite]
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Suboxone Might Be the Most Effective Way to Beat Heroin Addiction. So Why Is …
Suboxone might be the most effective way to beat heroin addiction. So why is …
[rewrite]Emily, uninsured and unemployed, sought help from Dane County, which by statute is the alcohol and other drug abuse (AODA) treatment provider of last resort. She went to the county's contracted outpatient treatment provider, Journey Mental Health, to …[/rewrite]
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Shoals Drug Addiction Counselors See Spike In Heroin Cases
[rewrite]“About seven or eight months ago, consistently have seen more people coming and saying heroin was their drug of choice, or if I can find it I will use heroin,” explained Heath Haddock, program director at the Shoals Treatment Center in Sheffield.[/rewrite]
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Heroin Addiction, Need for Mental Health Services Often Intertwined
Heroin addiction, need for mental health services often intertwined
[rewrite]Drug addiction, like mental health illness, often takes a structured, prolonged treatment program to manage, Denihan said, as opposed to 60 day inpatient programs. "We need longer treatment, 6- to 12-month programs," Denihan said. "But we don't have …[/rewrite]
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Intranasal Ketamine Confers Rapid Antidepressant Effect in Depression
[rewrite]Mount Sinai Team Cautiously Optimistic That Door Could Swing Open to A New Antidepressant Drug Class … Of 18 patients completing two treatment days with ketamine or saline, eight met response criteria to ketamine within 24 hours versus one on saline …[/rewrite]
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What Are the Dangers of Prescription Drug Abuse???
Question by knanreys: what are the dangers of prescription drug abuse???
[rewrite]directed to students and private health professionals???
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Best answer:
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Answer by J. A. M.
You can die….
Answer by shawtnsweet77
damage to organs resulting in organ failure then death
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More needed to halt spread of drug abuse
[rewrite]The subject was prescription drug abuse and heroin addiction among our youths. The meeting was a good one. Two messages emerged from parents who have been through hell with their own kids: 1) Don't bury your head in the sand. This stuff is just as …[/rewrite]
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'2 to 3 Million People Are Infected in India'
'2 to 3 million people are infected in India'
[rewrite]It continues to be the leading health problem in India. Rising Kashmir in an effort to … The theory that tuberculosis is an infectious disease was conceived by Aristotle more than 2,000 years ago before the discovery of TB bacteria. This observation …[/rewrite]
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In taking on its heroin crisis, Vermont shoots itself in the foot
[rewrite]Jones said she became addicted to heroin by watching her mom, who used drugs as an escape. America Tonight. In the heart of New … The number of Vermonters seeking treatment for heroin addiction has soared more than 770 percent since 2000. In 2013 …[/rewrite]
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Candidate's Viewpoint: Eric Lesser Discusses Policies to Address Heroin Addiction
Candidate's viewpoint: Eric Lesser discusses policies to address heroin addiction
[rewrite]First, we need to be serious about getting our share of state resources to treat heroin addiction. Massachusetts currently has 21 drug courts that send non-violent users to treatment instead of prison, an approach that both saves the Commonwealth money …[/rewrite]
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Recognizing Alcohol & Drug Addiction : Symptoms of Sedative Addiction — Discover the symptoms of sedative addiction in this free home health video. Expert: rivrsurvivor Bio: John DePalma, born and raised in, Queens, NY, has been …
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