Markey Calls For Expanded Treatment To Address Drug Abuse Crisis
Senator Markey wants an expanded effort to prevent overdose deaths, increased availability of treatment for drug addiction, and to speed the rollout of new and improved treatments. " We have to get at this issue and do it soon, because it has already …
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Budget cuts target residential addiction treatment centers
Budget cuts in residential substance abuse treatment would cost the state more over the long term, according to mental health professionals and addicts. A legislative subcommittee has proposed a $ 2.04 million reduction to inpatient programs that treat …
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Energy drinks 'increase the risk of mental health problems and drug and …
Energy drinks can lead to mental health problems and drug and alcohol abuse in teenagers, researchers have warned. Their findings have been published just a day after it emerged a teenager's heart stopped three times after downing 10 Jagerbombs mixed …
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Teenage boy killed by 'extreme' booze binge at adult-supervised house party
"It was the proper thing to do. Guests and Mrs Harrison carried out CPR. Jamie was taken to hospital and there he died. "The verdict is that he died as a result of abuse of alcohol." Jamie, of Llanaelhaearn, Pwllheli, was described by his parents as a …
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New campus coalition for alcohol, drug abuse prevention formed
1:23 p.m., March 6, 2014–The newly formed Campus Coalition for Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Prevention held its inaugural meeting earlier this semester to begin expanding and advancing alcohol prevention initiatives at the University of Delaware.
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Shumlin signs budget adjustment bill at opiate treatment center
One such cost is the governor's initiative to support heroin and opiate addiction treatment in the state. Currently, opiate addicts have to travel long distances to treatment centers with long waiting list. “What this budget adjustment does is advance …
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A 'blockade' for opiates: Vivitrol offers hope for treatment
That's what the pilot program at Journey Mental Health Center in Madison has been trying to study since the first participant started receiving the treatment in November, thanks to funding from a state grant. A number of other local drug treatment …
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Opiate treatment facility differs from other two in Gaylord
GAYLORD — Denali Healthcare Gaylord, 114 S. Center Ave., opened its doors last November and one of its services was providing treatment to opiate-addicted patients. Unlike the two methadone treatment programs expected to open in Gaylord in spring, …
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VA's lack of pain treatment options led to opiate addiction, veteran says
Justin Minyard, an Army infantryman who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, says he became addicted to opiates prescribed by VA doctors to mute chronic back pain that began after he helped in the 9/11 rescue effort at the Pentagon. “There were better …
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VA adds mental health services: Substance abuse, post-traumatic stress in focus
The mission of the program is to provide state-of-the-art, high-quality residential treatment and services for veterans with mental illness, addiction issues, homelessness or psychosocial deficits, officials said. Goals include recovery, rehabilitation …
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Camden attorney agrees that scaled-down alcohol treatment center can open …
CAMDEN, Maine — A controversial high-end alcohol treatment center proposed for a Camden neighborhood is an allowed residential use under federal laws, the town attorney has concluded. Town attorney Mark Kelly issued his opinion in a Feb. 28 letter to …
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HHS passes trillion milestone
Those include an assortment of reductions affecting service providers, from hospitals to rehab centers to drug companies. Obama also called for stepped-up … But the president did not spare beneficiaries from proposed cuts and cost-shifts. Obama …
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Where would the money go if the criminal justice sales tax is approved?
Mental Health Court and diversion: District Court judge and probation officer, prosecutor and public defender, chemical dependency professional, peer support specialist, treatment cost support for participants (supplementing insurance where needed and …
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Police slow 'rivers of grog' but hospital admissions rise
MICHAEL COGGAN: When the mandatory alcohol rehabilitation centre in Darwin opened last July, it was estimated to cost around $ 40,000 to put someone through the treatment program. More than 200 people have been ordered into mandatory rehab, but …
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York VA launches residential mental health rehab program
NASHVILLE — VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System is expanding its mental health and addiction therapy program with the opening of a mental health residential rehabilitation treatment program to assist veterans with mental health, drug and alcohol …
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Efficacy of a physiotherapy rehabilitation program for individuals undergoing …
Efficacy of a physiotherapy rehabilitation program for individuals undergoing arthroscopic management of femoroacetabular impingement – the FAIR trial: A randomised controlled trial protocol. Femoroacetabular impingement is a common cause of hip/groin …
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