Trends in Prescription Drug Abuse: 'Bridging Medications'
Trends in Prescription Drug Abuse: 'Bridging Medications'
Filed under: prescription drug abuse
Outside of approved traditional opioid maintenance programs, I've heard that some drug addicts are using prescription drugs for "bridging." What is this practice, and which prescription drugs may be involved?
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Teen Drug Use
Teen Drug Use – News story regarding teenage drug use in Minnesota featuring MnTC residents. Originally aired – December 14, 2011 http://www.mntc.org.
From Twitter:
RT @volunTEENnation: #Teens (grades 8th-11th): Join NIDA’s Teen Advisory Group and help shape drug abuse prevention materials @NIDAnews: h… – by hopeleaders (Raul Piña, Founder)
Jefferson Parish Arrest Reports, June 3-6
Jefferson Parish arrest reports, June 3-6
Filed under: Drug Use Colorado
Fred Like IV, 20, 2520 Colorado Drive, Marrero, was arrested in the 5500 block of Leo Kerner Parkway in Lafitte and booked with possession of stolen property over $ 1,500 and resisting arrest by flight. Ramon Rivera, 42, 3634 Derbigny St., Metairie, was …
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Boxes for Beds: Volunteers Participate in Homeless Experience
Boxes for beds: Volunteers participate in homeless experience
Filed under: drug addiction help substance abuse
… see homeless men — the alcoholic and drug addicts,” Weisz said. “In a rural area, that's just not the case. Most of them are people like you and me where something has happened in life.” Illnesses, poverty, divorce, domestic violence and substance …
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Community Calendar for Wednesday, June 5, 2013
Community Calendar for Wednesday, June 5, 2013
Filed under: drug addiction facts
Free. Register. 373-1702, Ext. 207. Meditation and Yoga 101, 3-4:30 p.m. June 11, Mental Health Association in Greensboro, 330 S. Greene St., B12, GB. Register. Free for all mental health and substance abuse providers, peer support specialists, etc. Free.
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Police, BNN to Offer Free Rehab for Addicts
Police, BNN to offer free rehab for addicts
Filed under: drug rehabilitation
The Jakarta Police in cooperation with the National Narcotics Agency (BNN) has launched a program to provide free treatment to drug addicts from June 1 to 30. The service is part of activities organized to observe the National Police's 67th anniversary …
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