Mental health/substance abuse treatment mergers continue, with mixed feelings …
Mergers are always touted for their hoped-for cost savings and improvements in patient care and recent behavioral health mergers are no exception. Nationwide, mergers between state-level mental health and substance abuse administrations, as well as …
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Group advocates better drug abuse treatment options
With National Recovery Month drawing to a close Monday, a group of local advocates gathered to highlight the need for more investment in treatment options. “We're not dealing with the problem upfront,” said Vince Sawyer of The Healing Place of …
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Robert Downey Jr.'s Son Undergoing 'Holistic' Drug Treatment
Renowned actor Robert Downey Jr.'s 20-year-old son is undergoing treatment for substance abuse issues. The Iron Man star's ex-wife Deborah Falcone, has revealed Indio is currently receiving "holistic, natural and orthomolecular" therapy at an …
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Steps Toward Recovery from Alcohol Addiction
There are various treatment programs available and with help from a medical professional, it will be easier to work on a treatment plan that can cure the addiction. In order to have full recovery an alcoholic will go through these stages during …
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Fighting Addiction: National Drug, Alcohol Recovery Month emphasizes …
The need for treatment recently prompted President Barrack Obama and 73 other government leaders in North America to declare September as National Alcohol and Drug Recovery Month. Despite the recognition of the health issue, not everyone who needs …
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Afghan rehab centers aim to get women, children — and even Taliban — off of …
The Jalalabad facility coordinator, Dr. Jahan Noor, said that 40 to 50 addicts apply to the women and children's drug rehab program each month, but there is only space to admit 20 at a time for the intensive, 45-day program. She insists the wait is …
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Rehab centers struggle to keep drugs out
When Bethany Ehrhart, 23, wanted to kick her addiction to painkillers, her mother, Darlene, found the money for top-of-the-line treatment at the world-renowned Betty Ford Center. A week after her arrival at the celebrity rehab in Rancho Mirage, Calif …
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Feds Spend Over Half a Million in Research Money on Pharma Cure for …
There is a clear medical need for new candidate medications for the management of cannabis dependence and addiction. Our proposed research addresses this need with a program for the synthesis and development of novel FAAH inhibitors that increases …
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New US drug survey: Marijuana and heroin increasing
"They will often mix ecstasy with other drugs, especially at parties, like alcohol and marijuana," addiction specialist Dr. Damon Raskin, told the CBS Evening News last week. "I think that the combination of these drugs makes them all the more toxic …
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Demi Lovato book deal includes memoir about past drug addiction
Demi Lovato's next stage will be on the page. The singer-actress has agreed to a multi-book deal with Feiwel (FYE'-well) and Friends. The publisher, an imprint of Macmillan, announced the deal Monday. The first book features tweets she had written …
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Canada's Medical Marijuana System Overhaul Starts Tuesday
"I have admitted using illegal drugs and some years ago I recognised that I had a problem" <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-99840/Naomi-confesses-drug-abuse.html#ixzz2LTfhOeI6">she was quoted as saying in The Daily Mail. … Best …
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Anti–drug addiction vigil planned on Cape Cod
BARNSTABLE, Mass. — People will gather on Cape Cod this weekend for a vigil to remember those who've died as a result of a drug addiction, as well as loved ones who are in recovery. The Cape Cod Times reports (http://bit.ly/1evcclc) that the third …
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Vigil held for drug addicts, family members
Sherwood — along with other members of anti-drug abuse groups — discussed the community involvement at a vigil for drug addicts, recovering addicts and addicts who have passed. The vigil was in Victory Park in Vermilion on Monday night and about 70 …
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