Similar Paths for Tobacco, Gun Lobby?
Similar paths for tobacco, gun lobby?
Filed under: Drug Use Illinois
The restrictions even limit how police can use the data, says David Hemenway, director of the Harvard Injury Control Research Center. As a result of those restrictions, "We know more about the drug market than the gun market," Hemenway says. In terms …
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Ranibizumab Fails to Beat Saline in Avoiding Vitrectomy
Filed under: Drug Use Illinois
State Making Advances in Mental-Health Care
State making advances in mental-health care
Filed under: drug abuse help centers
… for the state Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services – funding that would go toward a third community crisis center, the first-ever state-funded suicide prevention program, prescription drug abuse treatment and a comprehensive …
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Delray Recovery Center Offers New RTMS Program for Addiction Treatment
Filed under: drug abuse help centers
Located in Delray Beach, Florida, Delray Recovery Center offers individualized treatment programs for alcohol and drug addiction, eating disorders and co-occurring mental health issues. The center has long been providing a soothing environment while …
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FDA Issues Draft Guidance on Abuse-Deterrent Opioids
FDA issues draft guidance on abuse-deterrent opioids
Filed under: prescription drug abuse help
The FDA continues to encourage the development of abuse-deterrent formulations of opioids and believes that these products have promise to help reduce prescription drug abuse. At the same time, the FDA remains committed to ensuring that patients with …
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Prescription Drug Abuse Rising in LA County
Filed under: prescription drug abuse help
The study of prescription drug abuse in LA County comes amid increasing concerns across the nation about deaths and addiction related to pain killers and other doctor-approved medications. Documents. LA County Prescription Drug Abuse Report. “Patterns …
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Mitchell Calls for Mandatory Drug Testing of Welfare Recipients, Lawmakers
Mitchell calls for mandatory drug testing of welfare recipients, lawmakers
Filed under: Illinois Drug Abuse
Mitchell has filed legislation that would require substance abuse testing as a condition for filing nomination papers for the office of State Representative or State Senator. House Bill 174 would also require drug testing of welfare recipients. People …
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Drug database not set up in Wisconsin
Filed under: Illinois Drug Abuse
Monday State News Briefs: State Senate Hires New Law Firm
Monday State News Briefs: State Senate hires new law firm
Filed under: Drug Treatment Centers Chicago
Authorities at Pulaski High School outside Green Bay say 10 students no longer attending class there were selling prescription drugs to their classmates. One of those students left the district and the … The U.S. Centers for Disease Control say at …
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Police: Drunk patient flees in stolen ambulance – WSFA.com: News Weather and …
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Drug Crime Expungement Bill Passes House
Drug crime expungement bill passes House
Filed under: drug abuse statistics
Hutchings said his bill applies to drug possession and other drug-related offenses. To qualify for engagement, individuals must complete the terms of their sentence and show convincing evidence that they are free of illegal substance abuse and …
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'The Things They Cannot Say'
Filed under: drug abuse statistics
He is haunted, however, by another incident, one that triggered years of post-traumatic stress, not to mention alcohol and drug abuse. "I walked away … from a man very much alive and pleading with me to help him. … To this day, I can't begin to …
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