Ask SAMHSA Response – Substance Abuse
Ask SAMHSA Response – Substance Abuse – This is the response to questions asked by the public via Facebook, Twitter, and SAMHSA’s blog about substance abuse prevention as part of SAMHSA’s Ask SAMHS…
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Dr. Nora Volkow: How Drug Addiction Hijacks the Brain
Dr. Nora Volkow: How Drug Addiction Hijacks the Brain – Dr. Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, explains addiction pharmacologically and looks at how drugs of abuse take control of the r…
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Medical Marijuana Gets Its Day in Court
Medical Marijuana Gets Its Day in Court
Filed under: Colorado Drug Use
Medical marijuana bans revolve around the business side of selling the drug. No city or town in one of the 18 states, plus Washington D.C., where medical marijuana is legal has ever prohibited a patient from smoking pot for personal use or from growing …
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Gov. Fallin Praises Lawmakers for Prescription-Drug Abuse Prevention Measures
Gov. Fallin praises lawmakers for prescription-drug abuse prevention measures
Filed under: drug abuse prevention
AJ Griffin in the Senate, assist agencies in researching prescription-drug abuse in Oklahoma, aid first responders treating suspected prescription drug overdoses and limit access to dangerous prescription pain killers. All three have been passed in the …
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Cory Monteith in Rehab: 'Glee' Star Enters Treatment for Substance Abuse
Cory Monteith In Rehab: 'Glee' Star Enters Treatment For Substance Abuse
Filed under: drug abuse
I was out of control," he told Parade, adding that he had a "serious [drug] problem" at the time and was doing "anything and everything, as much as possible." The actor revealed that it was after his mother and a group of his friends staged an …
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