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Substance Abuse Treatment | Overcoming Addiction | Lifescape Solutions


 

Substance Abuse Treatment | Overcoming Addiction | Lifescape Solutions – Lifescape Solutions – Delray Beach, FL – Overcoming Addictive Mindset with Mike Ross Read More: http://lifescapesolutions.com/ http://lifescapesolutions.com/…

 

Open for Business: Live Sober Now Brings Drug & Alcohol Treatment Placement

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In the United States, drug addiction is a major issue. Statistics from 2011 found that about 22.5 million Americans ages 12 and older had either used an illegal drug or abused a prescription drug intended for psycho-therapeutic purposes during the …
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U.S. Waives Mandatory Sentences for Low-Level Drug Offenders


 

U.S. waives mandatory sentences for low-level drug offenders – The Obama administration is calling for major changes to the nation’s criminal justice system that would cut back the use of harsh sentences for certain drug…

 

Recent editorials published in Nebraska newspapers

Filed under: drug treatment programs in prison

Certainly, the increase in law enforcement, new technology, data-driven criminology, the ubiquitous presence of video cameras, gradual slowing of the drug epidemic, aging of the population, skyrocketing institutionalization of criminals and the …
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Vuyiseka Dubula, AIDS & Treatment Issues in Africa


 

Vuyiseka Dubula, AIDS & Treatment Issues in Africa – Vuyiseka Dubula, Secretary General of the Treatment Action Campaign is interviewed about a range of topics on the current state of AIDS in South Africa, incl…

 

Health law could overwhelm addiction services

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The system for treating substance abuse — now largely publicly funded and run by counselors with limited medical training — is small and already full to overflowing in many places. In more than two-thirds of the states, treatment clinics are already …
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Substance Abuse and the Adolescent Brain, Part II: Behavioral Symptoms


 

Substance Abuse and the Adolescent Brain, Part II: Behavioral Symptoms – Second in a series discussing the disease of addiction, brain development and the adolescent brain’s unique vulnerability to addiction, and the particular ch…

 

Alex Karras, '60s NFL Lineman with Dementia, Dies at 77

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Former gridiron star Alex Karras, formally diagnosed with dementia and having lived with its symptoms for more than a dozen years, died Wednesday at the age of 77. Karras, a tackle for the Detroit … Other recent casualties have included former …
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Drug Treatment Rehab Centers Philadelphia Drug Treatment Rehab in Philadelphia PA


 

Drug Treatment Rehab Centers Philadelphia Drug Treatment Rehab in Philadelphia PA

 

PhotoMedex Inc (PHMD): PhotoMedex: Just Say No!No!

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Vanderbilt University Medical Center clinical assistant professor Dr. Brian Biesman conducted an eye-opening study, including a statistical analysis of hair counts on 22 test subjects who used no!no!. Subjects shaved an area of a … As for long-term …
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Conference to address marijuana, heroin epidemic

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Families Need Recovery When Affected by Substance Abuse – Reach Recovery


 

Families Need Recovery when affected by Substance Abuse – Reach Recovery – Awareness video by www.ReachRecovery.org A major proponent to raising awareness is to educate family members for their own need of recovery. Since family mem…

 

Pros, cons to adding casino

Filed under: addiction help for families

For several years my primary role at the substance abuse prevention and treatment agency I work for is making presentations on addiction issues. When I speak … What we are trying to do is help people who are addicted to alcohol, other drugs and gambling.
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