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Medicaid Expansion: More Help for Ohioans Battling Addiction
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention · Budget Policy & Priorities · Mental Health · Poverty Issues. PHOTO: Medicaid expansion would extend addiction treatment services to more Ohioans. Photo: man with an alcohol bottle. Courtesy:womenshealth.gov.
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Specialized Online Treatment Programs for Military Service Members
For the 2.6 million war Veterans coming home in the last 10 years, the average wait for those needing addiction treatment services is anywhere between 2 months to 2 years. The VA does not have the buildings or the staff to handle even 1% of the …
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Mental health/substance abuse treatment mergers continue, with mixed feelings
Since 2008, the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has placed increasing focus on the integration of mental health and substance abuse treatment, settling on “behavioral” healthcare as the name for both.
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Guest Opinion: More detox centers and mentoring needed
Enforcement, along with jail time for nonviolent, low level dealers, is counter-productive and expensive. Part of the savings could go for more our detoxification centers and academic mentoring for our inner city youth. If they complete high school …
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Detox center renamed Center of Hope
Three months and two days after a signed agreement merged the Volunteers of America-Northern Rockies organization with the Fremont County Alcohol Crisis Center, the facility is now officially the Center of Hope. During a ribbon cutting ceremony …
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Awareness regarding drug abuse
LAHORE: Colours will fill the sky of the city after 10 years – since last Basant was observed – in a colourful event this November, in which mini hot air lanterns will be released in the air as part of a campaign against HIV/AIDS and injectable drug abuse.
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Commentary: Bipartisan agreement on the battle against prescription drug abuse
COLUMBUS — There's a lot of contention here at the Statehouse between Republicans and Democrats and Republicans and Republicans and Democrats and Democrats. Debates over issues like Medicaid expansion, abortion, school funding and tax policy …
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Saudi antidrug authority takes quitters on hajj tour
More than 100 former drug addicts in Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries were invited to perform the Muslim hajj pilgrimage this year as part of a rehabilitation campaign by the kingdom's anti-drug authority. Many of the pilgrims quit drugs four to …
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Report: States failing to curb prescription abuse
Prescription drug misuse is now responsible for more deaths than heroin and cocaine combined. Despite these shocking statistics, a new report from Trust for America's Health finds many states are lacking effective strategies to curb prescription drug …
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Oreos as 'addictive' as cocaine in lab rat study
Previous studies in rodents and in humans have shown the same area of the brain that lights up on scans when people use drugs, also shows increased activity when study participants consume, or even look at, high fat, high sugar foods like ice cream or …
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Lansing-area group targeting drug addiction
The group's goals include prevention and providing information about addiction. It's also a way for families to network, meet each other, share information and “help each other help their kids,” Pavona said. “We felt like we were the only parents in …
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Opiate addiction support group coming to Cape
What: Learn to Cope, a statewide support group for parents and family members dealing with a loved one addicted to heroin, OxyContin and other drugs. When: Meetings will be held every Tuesday evening, beginning Tuesday, at 7 p.m. in the training room …
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Prescription drug abuse group proposed
PEPPERELL — A Pepperell woman is asking the Board of Health for support in starting a subcommittee to raise awareness about prescription drug abuse. Therese LaRose, who works with the Lowell Health Department, said at the Oct. 1 Board of Health …
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Drug treatment options in Bennington County falling short
Editor's note: This is the first of three stories about drug addiction treatment options available in Bennington County. BENNINGTON — Local officials and doctors are recognizing the need for more accessible drug addiction treatment options in …
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NJ lawmakers eye treatment options for heroin abuse
But he and other experts said there also are fundamental flaws in New Jersey's treatment options and access to them, which they suggested is an indictment of the nation's approach to substance abuse. Drug addiction is not about drugs, it's about brains …
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Treatment options needed to fight addiction, officials say
It was that striking explanation that made Trayah realize that more than enforcement was going to be needed to treat the drug problem that exists in Bennington County and throughout the state; rehabilitation would be critical. State Senator Richard …
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