Heroin overdose antidote training at addiction treatment center in Vernon Hills
An addiction treatment center in Vernon Hills is scheduled to host the latest suburban training session on administering an antidote for heroin and other drug overdoses. Training on how to use naloxone on someone experiencing an opioid overdose will be …
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Community Impact Grant to help fund Brien Center's youth substance abuse …
PITTSFIELD – The Brien Center for Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services has been awarded a Community Impact Grant by Berkshire United Way to partially fund its Patrick Miller Youth Substance Abuse Program. The program is a community- based …
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Florida Drug Rehab Recognizes PTSD Awareness Day
Florida drug rehab centers see many individuals who are battling with PTSD and substance abuse, also known as dual diagnosis. This type of diagnosis requires specialized care and treatment, as both conditions need to be treated simultaneously.
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Drug overdose deaths spike among middle-aged women
But doctors may not recognize these facts about women, said John Eadie, director of a Brandeis University program that tracks prescription-drug monitoring in the USA. Overdose deaths from prescription painkillers skyrocketed over the past decade …
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Forced marijuana treatment: an economic boon for the addiction industry?
A new advocacy group called SAM (Smarter Approach to Marijuana), co-founded by Patrick J. Kennedy, a former congressman and self-admitted alcohol and oxycodone addict, proposes treating marijuana use in the following manner: “Possession or use of a …
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Treatment for heroin addiction is available, for a price
An addict might go through detox and treatment, but upon release, the person's depression — the most common mental illness connected with substance abuse — isn't treated. As a result, the addict often ends up relapsing in an attempt to self-medicate.
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Avinza Addiction Treatment and Avinza Drug Rehab Center Announced
At the core of their philosophy is the belief that Avinza addiction is a treatable illness. Their addiction treatment experience has shown that anyone is capable of achieving lasting recovery and physical, mental and spiritual freedom from the disease …
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Addicts in West Virginia not getting the help they need
While an estimated 22 per 100,000 West Virginia residents die from drug overdoses (compared to 18 per 100,000 nationwide), the Mountain State does not have enough treatment and rehabilitation services for addicts who want to stay clean, according to …
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Ryan Leaf Booted From Substance Abuse Treatment Center, Back in Prison
The Ryan Leaf saga continues, officials with the Montana State Prison confirm that Leaf has been transferred from Nexus, the substance abuse treatment center in Lewistown and is back under the custody of the Montana State Prison in Deer Lodge.
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W.Va.'s Rate of Death by Drug Overdose Highest in the Nation
WTRF.com found that according to a study conducted by the West Virginia Prescription Drug Abuse Quitline, Marshall, Brooke and Wetzel counties are without treatment facilities. Out of 22 treatment facilities surveyed, 59% say they have a wait list for …
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Joe Davis run for substance abuse exceeds expectations
0 Comments E-mail Print. Advertisement. The family of Joe Davis, who died of a drug overdose on Oct. 4, 2009, held a run in his memory, the Joe Davis Memorial Resolution Run, to raise awareness about substance abuse and drug addiction on Saturday. All …
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New substance abuse center to offer adolescent program in Tucson
TUCSON – Southern Arizona adolescents will no longer have to travel to Phoenix to get residential care for substance dependency: a new drug abuse treatment facility is opening in midtown Tucson this afternoon. The Haven is holding a grand opening for …
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Speaking out against proposed housing facility
No one in the Waterford neighborhood wants to see the former nursing home remain empty, but what many don't want to see even more is a residential facility for those undergoing substance abuse treatment open up in its place. "I feel bad, but it doesn't …
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