Heroin, opiate addiction called ongoing problem in Vermont
Bob Bick, director of mental health and substance abuse service at HowardCenter, speaks with an audience member after a United Way-sponsored meeting on the opiate addiction crisis in Vermont. U.S. Attorney Tristram Coffin is behind him.
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000 grant will help fight inmate drug addiction
The plan unites local elected officials, law enforcement, health care providers, and alcohol and other drug abuse prevention community members to develop strategies to reduce addiction. Recent efforts have included controlling access to and use of …
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OSAT Now Offering Online Substance Abuse Treatment for Those Recovering …
Online Substance Abuse Treatment (OSAT) is now offering comprehensive and effective online substance abuse treatment plans for those suffering with alcohol and drug addiction at http://www.onlinesubstanceabusetreatment.com/. Sacramento, California …
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Head of National Institute on Drug Abuse is nominated for civil service award
For 10 years, Nora Volkow has been the director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, overseeing a budget of nearly $ 1 billion and much of the world's research on one of medicine's most controversial subjects. It isn't surprising that she has her …
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