Motivational Enhancement Therapy: Treatment For Substance Abuse & More
Motivational Enhancement Therapy (MET), according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, “is a counseling approach that helps individuals resolve their ambivalence about engaging in treatment and stopping their drug use.” It is a method offering more …
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Painkiller addicts hit Medicaid limits
A report commissioned by the American Society of Addiction Medicine found that Medicaid agencies in just 28 states cover all three of medications that the Food and Drug Administration has approved for opioid addiction treatment: methadone …
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Judith Munaker: Website offers parents insight into drug addiction, treatment …
Housed on the Safe Communities of Madison-Dane County website, the new Parent Addiction Network is for parents, families and friends who have loved ones affected by drug addiction. This site can help people find answers to the many questions that …
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Question by burkedawn: Is the war against drug abuse a good topic for a research paper? If so what would be a good hypothesis for it?
I am wirting a research paper for my class at University of Phoenix online and I chose to do an essay on the “war against drug abuse”. What I am wanting to know is what would be a good hypothesis for this topic area?

Best answer:

Answer by clover spots
you could posit
1 what pressures has the war on drugs put on our prisons, hospitals
2 why is funding given more to arrest drug offenders than to treat them
3 what is the goal of the war on drugs, has it been met
4. what are other options that have been used in other countries, are they feasible here

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Motivational Enhancement Therapy: Treatment For Substance Abuse & More
Motivational Enhancement Therapy (MET), according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, “is a counseling approach that helps individuals resolve their ambivalence about engaging in treatment and stopping their drug use.” It is a method offering more …
Read more on PsychCentral.com (blog)

SMACK OF REALITY: Heroin replacing pills as cheaper drug of choice
Cook is employed by Westcare, a company based in Los Angeles that contracts with the Boyle County Detention Center to provide inmates with a substance abuse counselor in a therapeutic community. The inmates are required to coordinate activities and …
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Tampa Bay Initiative: Tackle Teen Substance Abuse with "Truth About Drugs …
CLEARWATER, Fla., July 8, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ — The dangers of teen drug abuse have been largely elevated by the fact that illegal substances are often readily accessible in schools today. More than 60% of teens said that drugs were sold, used, …
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Study: One in five high school-age teens has abused prescription medications
The most popular abused drugs by teenagers, according to the survey, are sleep medications, Ambien and Lunesta; over the counter cough and flu; tranquilizers, Xanax and Valium; stimulants, Ritalin and Adderall; and most popular pain relievers …
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PRIDE Teen Teaches Peers About Drugs, Effects
WINTER HAVEN | Despite attempts to talk to and teach their teens about the mal effects of drug use, many parents report feeling frustrated when their warnings are not received. Teenagers' peers, however, can sometimes better communicate the same …
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Online Substance Abuse Treatment Offered at Zero Cost to All War Veterans
Online Substance Abuse Treatment (OSAT) is honoring military members for their service to America by offering zero cost and substantially discounted online drug and alcohol addiction treatment programs. OSAT recognizes that men and women in uniform …
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AMA Pain Management Program Aims to Strike a Balance
"Revisions to this educational program will help physicians maintain an understanding of appropriate pain management and ensure legitimate patients get the treatment they need while helping to prevent prescription drug abuse and diversion." The series …
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Prescription addiction
To alleviate this problem, public health programs must take addiction to drugs that have legitimate medical uses as seriously as the abuse of street drugs such as heroin, which affects the same pain receptors in the brain as painkillers do. Read more …
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Drug Addiction Treatment For Opioid Dependence, Zubsolv, Approved By FDA
Zubsolv, a menthol flavored pill that dissolves under the tongue, has been approved for the treatment of opioid addiction for patients in the U.S. Seventy-five percent of all drug overdoses from prescription medication has occurred from abuse of opioid …
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Officials urge community involvement to curb drug abuse
With a steady and determined voice, a 17-year-old high school senior stood at a podium on Wausau's 400 Block on Tuesday and read aloud a poem that described the horrors of heroin addiction and the suffering caused by drug abuse. “I destroy homes, I …
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Eminem opens up about drug use: 'My bottom was going to be death'
In the documentary "How to Make Money Selling Drugs," Eminem opens up about his struggle with prescription drug addiction. The rapper, 40, entered rehab for sleeping pill addiction in 2005. In the movie, Slim Shady gets candid about the drug abuse that …
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