Posts Tagged ‘drug’

One Drug Abstinence Method Earns a Second Look

Filed under: drug addiction treatment facilities

Burning Tree, a long term drug treatment center in Texas, reintroduces to the addiction community a proven, but sometimes forgotten about, method of treating chronic addicts and their families. One method to treat the chronic abuse of illicit …
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ON BEACON HILL: Senate passes legislation to combat prescription drug abuse

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More Newborns Suffering Drug Withdrawal at Birth

Filed under: drug detox

30 (HealthDay News) — A dramatic rise in newborns experiencing drug withdrawal after being exposed in the womb poses challenges for clinicians on how to detox these tiny victims, a new report indicates. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has …
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Detox plan gives addicts a second chance

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By Mpume Madlala Heroin is rated the worst drug in the world, with only a 5 percent chance of full recovery. This is according to Sam Pillay, the director of the Last Resort Wellness Centre in Chatsworth, which helps drug users to overcome their …
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Drug addict jailed

Filed under: amphetamine addiction

Defence solicitor David Burns said his client had started using marijuana at age 13 and had progressed to amphetamine addiction after getting off marijuana. Declaring 20 days pre-sentence custody as time served under the sentence, Magistrate Andy …
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Ellison: Mother's little helper — Adderall

Filed under: amphetamine addiction

That's one reason why, knowing just how many of my busy fellow mothers are relying on amphetamines, I've asked experts for their advice about how to watch for signs of addiction. Here's what they tell me: Make sure you take pills only under a doctor's …
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Gov. Chris Christie's drug treatment plan good for jailed people, NJ

Filed under: drug abuse and treatment

Chris Christie proposed a transformation of New Jersey's drug policy so that nonviolent offenders with substance-use disorders would be treated instead of incarcerated. This proposal demonstrates his understanding that “nothing is as strong as an idea …
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Beshear right to invest in drug treatment, more social workers

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Former Phillie Pitches for Drug & Alcohol Treatment Center

Filed under: private alcohol treatment

Patch File Photo Former Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Dickie Noles and the principal of a Penn Ridge School District elementary school spoke Wednesday in favor of a proposed inpatient drug and alcohol treatment facility adjacent to Bethlehem Catholic …
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Spotlighting Importance of 30-90 Day Drug Treatment Programs; 449Recovery …

Filed under: private alcohol treatment

The video, spotlighting the need for 30-90 day programs for proper drug and alcohol treatment, stresses the heightened importance of an elongated, realistic, time frame to help increase the success rate for those suffering from addiction and looking to …
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Cocaine-users' psychological test links rehab success with attitude to drug

Filed under: drug addiction treatment

“Our system has far-reaching implications for the treatment of drug addiction,” he said. “Participants' beliefs about their substance abuse and the negative or positive consequences that follow, appear to have an impact on the success of their …
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Brighton health center changes its name

Filed under: drug addiction treatment

(Mark Bialek / Special to T he Detroit News) Brighton Township— Brighton Hospital, the nation's second-oldest alcohol and drug treatment provider, is renaming itself to better reflect its mission as an addiction treatment center.
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Police making it easy for parents to give drug tests

Filed under: drug abuse teenagers

“We interact every day with teens who are taking drugs and their parents don't know.” Brown said the test can help parents gain information — and, hopefully, seek help — if a teen is exhibiting warning signs for drug use. He hopes teens use the …
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Olive Hill School Ready to Begin Volunteer Drug Testing

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Does Illicit Drug Use Harm Cognition in Midlife?

Filed under: long term effects of crack cocaine

The illicit drug categories were cannabis, ecstasy, cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin, amphetamines, hallucinogenic mushrooms, LSD, temazepam, methadone, amyl nitrates (poppers), ketamine, and "other drugs." When the participants were 50 years old, …
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UPI NewsTrack TopNews

Filed under: long term effects of crack cocaine

The study also found young men who have tried crack cocaine are 10 to 18 points more likely to fall out of the middle class; the effect is even greater for heroin, with users 19 to 26 percentage points more likely to experience downward mobility.
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Seattle Genetics Sees Updated Side Effect Warning in Drug Label
Filed under: warning signs of drug abuse

That information is prompting new warning language that's supposed to help doctors spot signs of PML. Several new biotech drugs have been linked to cases of PML, including Roche and Biogen Idec's hit lymphoma drug rituximab (Rituxan). …
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Firm previews painkiller, abuse experts worried
Filed under: warning signs of drug abuse

NEW YORK – A second drug company has confirmed it plans to market a new form of the powerful and addictive painkiller hydrocodone, worrying experts who fear a narcotics "arms race" that could worsen a national problem with prescription drug abuse. …
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Group to help people affected by drink and drug abuse
Filed under: drug and alcohol treatment program

“The vast majority of people struggling with an alcohol or drug problem do not get treatment for their addiction. One of the major reasons for this is stigma. Stigma prevents people from seeking help. “By speaking publicly about the reality of recovery …
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Chief justice: Drug courts help
Filed under: drug and alcohol treatment program

Drug and alcohol courts take offenders who would otherwise go to prison and place them in programs that include treatment, intensive supervision, drug testing and frequent court appearances. Gilbertson said the Northern Hills Drug Court, …
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