Abuse-Proof Prescription Painkillers May Spur Heroin Habit
Abuse-Proof Prescription Painkillers May Spur Heroin Habit
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H. Westley Clark, director of the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment at the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, said the shift to heroin use among people with opioid dependence reflects the challenge of obtaining …
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Former state Sen. Mandy Dawson admits to cocaine abuse while free on tax …
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Dawson was treated for depression between 1990 and 2006 and was treated for "dependency on various drugs" at the Hanley Center, a drug and alcohol abuse treatment center in West Palm Beach in 2003, 2006 and 2007. Term limits forced her out of …
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Fighting prescription drug abuse, while treating pain, is a health care crisis
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It also gives us the information we need to have a crucial conversation about possible addiction, to explain why giving further opiates is not safe, and then to provide resources for help with both pain and, if appropriate, substance abuse. The …
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Program helps CPS parents struggling with drugs
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Since it was created with $ 10 million in federal welfare funds in 2000, Arizona Families FIRST has successfully treated thousands of parents after Child Protective Services removed, or threatened to remove, their kids because of drug abuse. Typically …
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