substance abuse

Limited Treatment Options for Meth Addiction a Challenge

Limited treatment options for meth addiction a challenge

Filed under: drug abuse treatments

When dealing with alcohol and drug-related cases, Hoffman, who runs the county's drug court, he consults with a probation officer, an assistant prosecutor, two substance abuse counselors and a defense attorney. The group determines the best way to …
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Two-Pronged Strategy Proposed to Lessen Valley's Heroin Epidemic

Two-pronged strategy proposed to lessen Valley's heroin epidemic

Filed under: drug addiction treatment statistics

The health insurance of the average employed person has little or no coverage for substance-abuse treatment. Statistics show that functioning employed individuals may have the highest rate of alcohol and drug abuse. We can't stop abuse until we deal …
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Rally4Recovery Kicks Off in Providence, Aims to Help People Conquer Addiction

Rally4Recovery kicks off in Providence, aims to help people conquer addiction

Filed under: drug abuse treatment

PROVIDENCE — More than 100 people including health-care providers, professionals who treat addiction and people recovering from alcohol and drug addictions gathered Friday at Roger Williams Medical Center to mark the start of national “Recovery …
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What U.K. Health Scandals Tell Us About Obamacare

What U.K. health scandals tell us about Obamacare

Filed under: free drug and alcohol rehabs

… doctors and nurses using drugs to hasten the death of terminally ill patients and killing patients who were seriously ill or mentally challenged but not dying by denying them food, water, and medicine were confirmed by a government-commissioned review.
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What Does This Mean? “Drug Addiction Is Uncontrollable, Compulsive Drug Seeking and Use, Even in the Face of N?

Question by Jordan Roberts: What does this mean? “Drug addiction is uncontrollable, compulsive drug seeking and use, even in the face of n?
What does this mean????
“Drug addiction is uncontrollable, compulsive drug seeking and use, even in the face of negative health and social consequences.”

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Dealing With Misconceptions of Addiction

Dealing with misconceptions of addiction

Filed under: drug addiction treatments

No illness will be more affected by the ACA than substance abuse, McLellan said, adding that only severely addicted patients are currently covered for treatment. Meanwhile, 40 million people with serious substance-abuse problems don't fit the criteria …
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