A's Pitcher Colon Gets 50-Game Suspension
A's pitcher Colon gets 50-game suspension
Filed under: Chicago Drug Treatment
The organization fully supports Major League Baseball's Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program and its efforts to eliminate performance-enhancing substances from our game. Per the Basic Agreement, the A's will have no further comment.” … Colon …
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War On Drugs Debate: Is The Obama Administration's Approach Working?
Filed under: Chicago Drug Treatment
Nixon declared that drug abuse was “public enemy number one in the United States,” a crisis that forced the federal government to realign massive resources toward enforcement of drug law and drug treatment. Two years later, Nixon established the Drug …
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Few Doctors Know How to Treat Addiction. a New Program Aims to Change That.
Few doctors know how to treat addiction. A new program aims to change that.
Filed under: drug treatment centers
A new training program underway at 10 academic medical centers around the country, including the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore, seeks to address this acute shortage by offering one- and two-year residencies in addiction medicine to …
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Mandatory Busing for Recovering Addicts?
Filed under: drug treatment centers
Drug Addiction?
Question by mia333: Drug addiction?
Please help!!! My best friend came to me with a problem that i had no idea was going on. She has been addicted to a pill called ultram for 3 years. She said the moment she wakes up she takes it and takes about 7 a day. I thought she’d be dead by now! She knows she has a problem and wants to get help, but the problem is that she has a 1 year old son and is in college. She said she couldnt afford going to treatment. She couldnt bear with the fact of someone else having to take care of her son knowing that she was in a rehab. So what i wanted to ask if there is a possibility to recover without going away to rehab or something. Are there any recoverers out there that can help me help my friend. Also her doctors prescribes her this medicine and it’s not even a narcotic (or so she said) so im also wondering if you had to rate would you think this drug to be a little better than vicoden or anything like that?
Measures Help Stem Drug Use at Schools
Measures help stem drug use at schools
Filed under: drug abuse statistics
High schools employ random drug sweeps with local police departments and their canine units, Breathalyzers during school and at school functions, and establish relationships with their students to help them to better detect substance abuse, school …
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National voice on drug abuse research leaving her state post
Filed under: drug abuse statistics
Politicians Ignore Failed 'War on Drugs' at Their (And Our) Peril
Politicians Ignore Failed 'War on Drugs' at Their (and Our) Peril
Filed under: principles of drug addiction treatment
A good place to start is with a pragmatic approach to drug abuse in this country. Whether seen as a "liberal" issue or as an issue aligned with basic Republican principles, both parties can "do the right thing" while garnering needed votes. Polls show …
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Believing in recovery for 40 years
Filed under: principles of drug addiction treatment