substance abuse

Lancashire Drugs Education Programme to Be Launched by Amy Winehouse

Lancashire drugs education programme to be launched by Amy Winehouse

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The scheme aims to raise teenagers' awareness of drug and alcohol misuse and help reduce substance abuse in young people. … “Parents are hugely concerned about the problems, but drug and alcohol education isn't on the national curriculum. And in the …
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Novus Medical Detox Educates Employers on Recognizing Signs of Substance

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Massachusetts Gambling Addiction Programs Struggle to Prepare for Increase in

Massachusetts gambling addiction programs struggle to prepare for increase in

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And even as it pledges future spending, Massachusetts has axed $ 560,000 from this fiscal year's budget for the Massachusetts Council on Compulsive Gambling, the state's main prevention and treatment program. That, in … Problem gambling counseling …
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Bank Robber Stephen Reid Given Day Parole for Substanceabuse Treatment

Bank robber Stephen Reid given day parole for substanceabuse treatment

Filed under: drug abuse treatments

The Parole Board of Canada has granted day parole to Stephen Reid, but only to attend a substance-abuse program, Patrick Storey, parole board spokesman, confirmed Thursday. As soon as a treatment bed becomes available, Reid will be granted day …
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What Project Can I Make Out of Drug-Alcohol Abuse Psychology Research?

Question by thomas_afi628: What project can I make out of Drug-Alcohol Abuse Psychology research?
I am a senior in high school, and we have to do a big graduation project that consists of a 5-page paper, 15 hours with a mentor, and a final presentation in front of judges. The topic I was considering was A Day In The Life of a Psychologist. Substance Abuse, more specifically. My paper could be about how drug and alcohol abuse has grown/stopped/whatever in America over the last 60 or so years. What could I do as a final presentation? I was thinking, maybe a step-by-step plan for a recovering adolescent, but I’m not really sure. Any suggestions?

Shrinking Prisons, Saving Billions

Shrinking Prisons, Saving Billions

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Investing heavily in drug treatment and community supervision, Texas has avoided nearly $ 2 billion in spending on new prisons, while the crime rate has dropped to levels unseen since the 1960s. But even as the national prison population has declined, …
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