'Really confused': Kaiser/NBC poll finds Americans angsting over health-care law
Quitting for Obamacare: Trapped workers may seek relief in new health exchanges · Health · Mac Fedge, 31, stares out … 8 hours ago. Americans remain deeply divided on the Affordable Health Care Act, with half confused about how it works or worried …
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The Science of Choice in Addiction
“I've never come across a single person that was addicted that wanted to be addicted,” says neuroscientist Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse and an enthusiastic booster of the brain-driven model of addiction. … In short …
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End war on drugs, says Durham police chief Mike Barton
Class A drugs should be decriminalised and drug addicts "treated and cared for not criminalised", according to a senior UK police officer. Writing in the Observer, Chief Constable Mike Barton of Durham Police said prohibition had put billions of pounds …
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Duma Bill Could Ban Drug Users from Many Jobs
United Russia deputies have proposed restricting the rights of people who have taken drugs at least once, including limits on which jobs they can hold. The State Duma's Anti-Corruption and Security Committee supported this proposal on Thursday and …
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City hosts Job Fair for rehabilitated drug addicts
City hosts Job Fair for rehabilitated drug addicts. District authorities and the Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs in Ho Chi Minh City hosted a Job Fair to help drug addicts from rehabilitation centers find stable jobs.
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Betty Ford Center's mission to grow with merger
That vision is now being rewritten as the world-renowned drug and alcohol addiction treatment center merges with the Hazelden Foundation, a much larger program in Minnesota that's built its reputation by expanding into multiple states. The new Hazelden …
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Everyone's favorite flesh-eating drug has come to the USA
A toxicologist at Banner Good, Dr. Aaron Skolnik, said, “This is something we hoped would never make it to the U.S. because it's so detrimental to the people who use it.” Users of this drug can become extremely addicted and get gangrene, phlebitis and …
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County Court Minutes 09-18-13
Hoodenpyl explained the department would provide DOC-approved weekly cognitive / behavior programming; and alcohol and drug groups, individual counseling and relapse prevention group services would be provided by Community Counseling Solutions …
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How College Health Centers Help Students Succeed
The shooting tragedies at Virginia Tech, Northern Illinois University, and Aurora, Colorado, where the shooter had been a counseling center patient at a university, have led to a sharper focus on mental health. Centers also work to prevent suicide and …
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About 29 people in Vietnam get HIV every day
New infections declined for three consecutive years after the introduction of methadone treatment for drug addicts. Storm death …. The two-day workshop is the first offered by the Vung Tau City's Criminal Police Department and UN Office on Drugs and …
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LA PARKER: Beating addiction takes support from family, community
Everybody has an addiction story, whether it's an uncle, mother, or sister. We have brothers who can't kick whatever they need to, aunts hooked on prescription pills, and a litany of other relatives who found their drug of choice and stuck with it. A …
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Drug Rehab Center Rockville Promotes Family Support During Addiction …
Drug Rehab Center Rockville has begun encouraging family counseling and therapy sessions during treatment to help provide support for patients. A solid support system is proven to increase a recovering addict's chances at staying sober after leaving …
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Commission supports addiction recovery home
Mason County has not only borne the weight of drug addiction in families, the county has literally borne the weight of drug addiction financially by paying to house inmates in the regional jail at an alarming rate – many for drug related charges. This …
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Khloe Kardashian: Dump Lamar Odom On Your Anniversary
Khloe, I'm so sorry to say this because marriage is supposed to be a commitment through thick and thin, sickness and health, but you have tried and tried to get Lamar to seek help ever since an alleged drug addiction began to destroy your marriage and …
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Health law could overwhelm addiction services
Only 1 cent of every health care dollar in the United States goes toward addiction, and few alcoholics and drug addicts receive treatment. One huge barrier, according to many experts, has been a lack of health insurance. But that barrier crumbles in …
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Human service center loses substance abuse treatment license
Human service center loses substance abuse treatment license. JAMESTOWN – South Central Human Service Center's license to provide substance abuse treatment will be suspended starting Monday, leaving some people unsure how to continue treatment.
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Funding cuts to drug treatment centers mean addicts get turned away
But there isn't enough subsidized care for the uninsured who need to be admitted on a longer-term basis, said Amy Blount, the program supervisor for a methadone clinic in Greenville, part of a chain of private mental health and addiction treatment …
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Groups seek solutions to area's prescription drug abuse epidemic
“We're not on the side of rehabilitation, but I find sadly, there are not a lot of drug treatment programs, especially affordable drug treatment programs,” said Joseph Perrin, assistant district attorney general for Sullivan County. “I'm constantly …
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Emily McComas: Drug addicts should be shown empathy
On the federal level, Attorney General Eric Holder recently announced proposed changes in the criminal justice system that would divert low-level, nonviolent drug offenders into treatment and community service programs, and stop prosecutors from …
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