Early Detection Key to Mom-to-Be Substance Abuse

MELANIE REINBOLD: Impact of alcohol abuse worse than that of tobacco
Can someone please tell me why there is such a double standard regarding alcohol use and tobacco use? I do not use either, but I think alcohol causes far more problems than tobacco ever has. And yet the government wants to make it even more accessible.

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Education on the dangers of prescription drug abuse has value, experts say
The case is the second prescription drug-related investigation involving more than a dozen students to come to light at a midstate school this week.

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Early detection key to mom-to-be substance abuse
Half of the pregnant women abusing drugs and alcohol will come clean before delivering their babies if that abuse is detected and their providers ask them to stop, according to an obstetrician expert in substance abuse. “Detection is the critical issue,” Dr. James Nocon, told an audience of about 70 health care providers, social workers and mental health counselors Wednesday at a conference on …

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