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ETSU Awarded $2.2 Million to Research Prescription Drug Abuse

Published June 27, 2013

ETSU awarded .2 million to research prescription drug abuse

Filed under: prescription drug addiction

While prescription drug abuse is a problem nationwide, the Southern Appalachia region is disproportionally affected. That makes this initiative especially relevant to the region, said Dr. Robert Pack, who is the principal investigator on the grant …
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Growing drug problem tackled at conference

Filed under: prescription drug addiction

One Voice for Southeastern New Hampshire, an organization responsible for substance abuse prevention for 20 communities in Strafford County and adjacent towns, held its second annual prescription drug conference on Friday at Wentworth-Douglass to …
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Government Declares an Inter-Agency War on Drugs

Published June 27, 2013

Government declares an inter-agency war on drugs

Filed under: drug addiction help substance abuse

The Gibraltar Government yesterday marked the UN's International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking by launching a multi-layered initiative to tackle the problem of drug use and abuse in Gibraltar. A new inter-ministerial committee will …
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Feds raid downtown businesses, seize synthetic drugs

Filed under: drug addiction help substance abuse

Synthetic-drug products are often marketed as herbal incense, jewelry cleaner, bath salts, or plant food, and have caused significant abuse, addiction, overdoses, and emergency-room visits. Common side effects include vomiting, anxiety, agitation …
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The Most Powerful Drug

Published June 26, 2013

The most powerful drug

Filed under: drug addiction definition

Comments are heard daily regarding illegal drugs, over-the-counter drugs, prescription drugs, teenage addiction, and, of course, the use and misuse of drugs by older adults. Medicinal … Substance itself, however, has multiple definitions. These seem …
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Edward Snowden Is Completely Wrong

Published June 25, 2013

Edward Snowden Is Completely Wrong

Filed under: drug addiction treatment act of 2000

Despite the press treatment of the NSA story, which judging from editorial opinion has come out largely on Snowden's side, most Americans appear relatively unperturbed. A Pew … Another problem for the alarmists: No evidence suggests that the worst …
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Connecticut health officials bully barber giving free haircuts to the homeless

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What Exactly Is a Therapeutic Community?

Published June 24, 2013

Question by steel9maiden: What exactly is a therapeutic community?
Could you go into some detail please; the stuff that I found on Google gave one-sentence answers and were not very enlightening.

Best answer:

Answer by soyabeanlover
support group ? ? Not sure myself :p

What do you think? Answer below!

Obama Administration Says Prescription Drug Abuse Fastest Growing Drug – Government health officials say the abuse of prescribed medications causes more accidental deaths in the United States than anything else except automobile c…

Around Livingston for June 24, 2013

Published June 24, 2013

Around Livingston for June 24, 2013

Filed under: drug addiction help online

The class is free, but registration is required. Register online at https://www2.lsbdc.org/workshop.aspx?ekey=6330035. Contact the Florida Parishes bureau by phone at (225) 664-9058; by fax at (225) 664-9710; and by email at [email protected].
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Free webinar on prescription drug abuse signs, solutions is Tuesday