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Mental Health Safety Net in St. Louis Area Is Strained

Mental health safety net in St. Louis area is strained

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Budget reductions for state-funded mental health services by Missouri and Illinois politicians, including cuts in the number of short-term beds and long-term residential options. • Long waiting times for emergency room psychiatric services …. In 2008 …
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CDC: Flu Season's Here — Where to Get Shots in St. Charles

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Scientology Volunteers Helping Stem Tampa Bay's Teen Prescription Drug

Scientology Volunteers Helping Stem Tampa Bay's Teen Prescription Drug

Filed under: teen drug abuse

Eradicating teen prescription drug abuse becomes even more urgent in the light of a May 2012 report of the National Institute on Drug Abuse that states 62 percent more youth ages 15-24 die from abuse of prescription opioids (synthetic narcotics with …
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Home Drug Tests a Smart Solution to Combat Teen Drug Abuse

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Questions Surround Tenants of Former Pill Mill

Questions surround tenants of former pill mill

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SelfRefind also has 11 clinics in Kentucky and one in Tennessee. The clinic provides prescriptions for Suboxone, a medication that treats addicts' withdrawal symptoms and blocks … use of buprenorphine more than tripled from 2006. Yet Suboxone's legal …
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UCI to open autism treatment center

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A New Prescription to Treat Prescription Drug Abuse

A new prescription to treat prescription drug abuse

Filed under: drug abuse treatment programs

A recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) study found that over 30,000 people were killed from prescription drug abuse in 2008, which now exceeds the death toll from illegal drugs. Car accidents took just slightly more lives. The cost …
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Employers, locals deal with substance abuse

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Marine Imprisoned in Mexico – Ignored by Obama – Black Hills South Dakota

Marine Imprisoned In Mexico – Ignored by Obama – Black Hills South Dakota

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Instead on August 23, 2012, he and a fellow Marine and friend entered into a Mexico that acted like the Muslim Brotherhood in their treatment of him. Obama and the State Department knew full well that Hammar was kidnapped…no…taken prisoner, by a …
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CDC Says Flu Rates Up Across Minnesota: Where to Get Flu Shots in Hopkins

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Pharmaceutical Companies File Lawsuit Against County's Drug Take-Back

Pharmaceutical Companies File Lawsuit Against County's Drug Take-Back

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All three industry groups are based in Washington, D.C.. When the ordinance was passed, Board of Supervisors President Nate Miley said it is needed because the … In passing the measure, the board said another reason for the ordinance is that …
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Existing drugs may help more with breast cancer

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