Make the Connection: Adolescent Chemical Dependency Treatment and Recovery

Make the Connection: Adolescent Chemical Dependency Treatment and Recovery – This video is aimed at parents and others concerned about adolescents who have problems with substance abuse. The film describes adolescent addiction and treatment in interviews by parents, adolescents, and treatment providers. This video was updated from the original version produced in 2007 by the Washington State Division of Alcohol and Substance Abuse (now Division of Behavioral Health & Recovery), funded by the national Center for Substance Abuse Prevention. The video was updated in May 2012 to add current contacts for the Washington State Recovery Help Line and other resources.

Fiscal reforms should keep hands off Delaware jobs

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Unfortunately, one such proposal moving through Congress would accomplish exactly that, threatening to do irreparable damage to one of the state's top industries: the biopharmaceutical sector. At issue is a plan to extend Medicaid-style price … from …
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Black Women See Dramatic Fall In Incarceration Rates

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WASHINGTON (NNPA) – After years of being on the rise, the number of Black men locked behind bars in state and federal prisons decreased 9.8 percent between 2000 and 2009 while the incarceration rate for Black women fell 30.7 percent over the same …
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Baby born with HIV is apparently cured with aggressive drug treatment

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Mother-to-child HIV transmission is extremely rare in the United States. Fewer than 200 cases occur each year. For more than 15 years, virtually all pregnant women known to be infected have been given antiretroviral drugs during pregnancy and labor.
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Mother fights to reduce stigma of mental illness

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Anderson's death was the final chapter in his seemingly sudden struggle with severe mental illness and the impetus for his mother's crusade to reform mental health care laws in Washington state. In mid-February, she told her son's story at legislative …
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