Lyons: Drug Courts Offer Sober Approach to Drug Abuse
Lyons: Drug courts offer sober approach to drug abuse
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Drug addiction is a major societal problem with an annual treatment cost of $ 193 billion each year in crime, lost productivity and health-care costs, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Whether illicit drugs were illegal or not …
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CDC Says 20 Percent of US Children Have Mental Health Disorders
CDC says 20 percent of US children have mental health disorders
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… percent to 20 percent of youths under age 18, the CDC said Thursday. They also cost families and society at large an estimated $ 247 billion a year in treatment, special education, juvenile justice and decreased productivity, it stated. … An …
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IU Video Contest Winners Learn From PSAs About Prescription Drug Abuse
IU video contest winners learn from PSAs about prescription drug abuse
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The Indiana Prevention Resource Center at the Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington sponsors the contest, now in its fifth year, and considers prescription drug abuse by youth to be an epidemic in Indiana. … Services Administration …
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Is Obama Delivering on Promise of '21st Century' Drug Policy? | Analysis
Is Obama delivering on promise of '21st century' drug policy? | Analysis
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Many public health experts say the administration deserves credit for increasing access to drug treatment. But others say despite an … According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the number of inmates in state prisons dropped roughly two percent …
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More Than 16K Addicts to Be Eligible for Insurance
More than 16K addicts to be eligible for insurance
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Right now, 23,000 Utah residents are receiving substance abuse treatment. But more than 16,000 people with drug and alcohol addictions are expected to be newly eligible for insurance in 2014 once the health care law takes effect, federal statistics …
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Anti-Doping Campaign Gathers Momentum
Anti-doping campaign gathers momentum
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Kgathi appealed for WADA support in infusing an ambitious anti-doping education programme during the upcoming African Youth Games to be hosted by Botswana. He told the meeting that WADA public education programmes should have a greater bias towards the …
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