Hospital Opens Recovery Center
Hospital opens recovery center
[rewrite]HUNTINGTON — Cabell Huntington Hospital has opened The Recovery Center, specializing in treatment for opiate addiction. Components of the program at the Recovery Center include Suboxone and Vivitrol treatment, psychological testing, individual …[/rewrite]
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Substance abuse clinic set for Madison Heights removes zoning application
[rewrite]A would-be substance abuse treatment center planned for Madison Heights has withdrawn its zoning application. The Florida-based Colonial Management Group sought a zoning permit for a clinic slated to occupy several suites of the Seminole Shopping …[/rewrite]
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Parent With Prescription Drug Addiction?
Question by writeyoualetter: Parent with prescription drug addiction?
[rewrite]So my mother is addicted to Morphine, Oxys, Hydrocodone/ine, Muscle Relaxers, Anti-Naseau pills and Tylenol. We are extremely poor. Me and my dad work, she doesn’t. Because he has to buy her so much stuff, I had to get a job to support myself. I’m a senior in college.
Everyday feels like an uphill battle to stay alive. I wake up every morning and think, okay, today I’m going to be alive to go back to bed. But some days it’s really hard to make it back.
Substance Abuse Intensive Outpatient Programs: Assessing the Evidence
Substance Abuse Intensive Outpatient Programs: Assessing the Evidence
[rewrite]IOPs are alternatives to inpatient and residential treatment. They are designed to establish psychosocial supports and facilitate relapse management and coping strategies. This review assessed the evidence base for IOPs. Methods Authors searched major …[/rewrite]
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Taunton State Hospital again faces closure
[rewrite]The campus also includes a 16-bed vendor-run mental health program for intensive residential treatment. Additionally, High Point Treatment Center will open a 40-bed drug treatment unit on the campus early this year, Clifford said. The vendor-operated …[/rewrite]
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Agoura MD Accused of Running Global Drug Distribution Scheme
Agoura MD accused of running global drug distribution scheme
[rewrite]Com An Agoura Hills doctor is being charged with 15 felonies related to overprescribing highly addictive prescription pills, a practice, police say, that led to at least two overdose deaths. Ventura County sheriff's detectives say 67-year-old family …[/rewrite]
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KY Attorney General Announces M for Drug Addiction Treatment
[rewrite]“We've done a tremendous job in Kentucky working together to tackle the problem of prescription drug abuse from a law enforcement perspective,”Conway said. “At the end of the day, we must increase access to treatment if we're going to stop the cycle of …[/rewrite]
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Morgantown City Council – Red Ribbon Week Is October 23-31, 2011
Morgantown City Council – Red Ribbon Week is October 23-31, 2011 — Whereas, cities across America have been plagued by numerous problems associated with alcohol, tobacco and other drug use; and Whereas, substance abuse is pa…
TOP FIVE STORIES OF 2013 — No. 2: Efforts to overcome region's drug …
[rewrite]Va., reintroduced the Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, sponsored by Rep. Nick Rahall III, D-W.Va., in an effort to reduce deaths and prevent the unsafe use of prescription drugs. The bill sought to form a uniform reporting system …[/rewrite]
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Study Shows Link Between Drug Abuse and Violence
Study shows link between drug abuse and violence
[rewrite]Alcohol and illegal drug abuse have long been connected to violence in romantic and non-romantic relationships. New research from the University's Injury Center adds prescription drug abuse to the mix, drawing a connection between dating violence in …[/rewrite]
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200 Staten Island cops authorized to give shots for prescription drug overdose
[rewrite]Nearly 200 cops in one Staten Island precinct have been authorized to administer a drug to prescription drug overdose victims, police said. The pilot program was sparked by the high rate of opioid abuse on Staten Island – per 100,000 residents, the top …[/rewrite]
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