Treatment center planned for BHC
Treatment referrals for the residential substance abuse center will be through Mohave County Mental Health Clinic or through Southwest Behavioral Health Services. The planned 10-bed adult facility will provide a clinician and case manager for each … Read more on Mohave Valley News

S. Ogden neighbors line up to oppose drug rehab center
… surrounding the gated property at 6000 S. 1075 East came out in force Thursday night to let South Ogden planning commissioners know that they object to the recent buyer's plans to convert existing buildings into a residential addiction treatment … Read more on Standard-Examiner

ACLU Seeks To Challenge Law Targeting Pregnant Drug Addicts
Opponents of the bill say it actually deters women from seeking medical care and does nothing to help drug addicts access treatment. The two residential drug treatment facilities in Tennessee where women don't have to give up their children to enroll … Read more on Huffington Post

Foster, Maloney Introduce Legislation To Combat Heroin Abuse, Increase …
This legislation removes barriers to addiction treatment by providing grants for residential/in-patient opioid addiction treatment for qualified individuals. For an individual to qualify, they must either lack health insurance or have health insurance … Read more on Insurance News Net

Online Addiction Treatment Provider, Lionrock Recovery, Raises Awareness …
Over 20 million Americans struggle with addiction (substance use disorder), but only 11% get any professional help, often because of the stigma. Getting help from the privacy of home using Lionrock Recovery's online substance abuse counseling means … Read more on PR Web (press release)

Drug Rehab Beacon Square Provides Substance abuse Recovery Information …
LIGHTNING RELEASES 06/02/14 –Adolescent substance abuse has long been a serious issue in Beacon Square, FL. Countless teenagers struggle with a drug or alcohol addiction on a regular basis. Until recently, little information was available for young … Read more on Ticker Report

Pharmacist: Rehab turning Vermonters into permanent drug addicts
For Vermonters trapped in a vicious circle of heroin abuse and recovery, Suboxone is a wonder drug that promises freedom from addiction. But pharmacists on the front lines of Vermont's war on opioids say the state's embrace of buprenorphine is setting … Read more on Watchdog.org

Drug Rehab San Antonio – SOBA Recovery Opens
SOBA Recovery drug and alcohol addiction center is pleased to announce its opening in San Antonio Texas. As a new and reputable drug and alcohol treatment center, local San Antonio Television stations Fox 29 and News 4 San Antonio Living have … Read more on Newswire (press release)

Question by Muffins: what are the short-term effects of Marijuana usage on the brain?
I have to do a research paper on Marijuana and need to know this >.< If you can you could send me a link or something :/ thanks 😀 Best answer:

Answer by Mike
hungries!

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Mark Fontaine: Treat parents to save kids
To keep children safe, policymakers must address and fund all three components of intervention — effective investigations, adequate child welfare services, and dedicated substance-abuse and mental-health treatment resources for the parents. The death … Read more on Tallahassee Democrat (blog)

Cowboys willing to invest resources in quarterbacks, just not draft picks
Carter, a 2001 second-round choice, bombed as a starter and battled substance-abuse problems. McGee, selected in the fourth round in 2009, never blossomed into a productive player, remaining chained to the bottom of the team's depth chart throughout a … Read more on Dallas Morning News

RISING HEROIN ABUSE TAKES LETHAL TOLL
1 drug problem in the county. “It is our top drug problem, for sure,” Oxley said. “It is so easy to get addicted and so many people are doing it.” Stafford Sheriff Charles Jett said he has directed his detectives to place special emphasis on heroin … Read more on The Free Lance-Star

Question by brittany m: I have a few questions for a paper on Drug Abuse. Please help.?
How do people behave when they are addicted to drugs?
(please put the source – where you got the information)

What are the treatments for Drug Abuse?
(please put the source – where you got the information)

How do you prevent Drug Abuse?
(please put the source – where you got the information)

What is the origin of Drug Abuse? Who started it? Where did it come from?
I think it was the Sumerians but I’m not sure.
(please put the source – where you got the information)

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Answer by Witty Wabbit
“What are the Harmful Consequences of Drug Use?” : http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hc-ps/pubs/adp-apd/straight_facts-faits_mefaits/harmful-torts-eng.php#harmful covers the BEHAVIOUR.

The next page “What is Canada’s Drug Strategy?” discusses about the PREVENTION too.

Treatment, eh?! http://www.drugabuse.gov/DrugPages/Treatment.html might help.

I think this article: “The evolutionary origins and significance of drug addiction” might help ya too…

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1174878/

Most importantly,”Drugs distribution and use in ancient environments” will give you a clear picture about the ancient substance abuse.

But I betcha, to trace the origin is an impossible stuff … 🙁

Ahhhh that National Center for Biotechnology Information article has everything ya want! 🙂 Happy “papering” 😀

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Chicago's heroin epidemic laid bare: Photographer spends a year with …
Mr Jines, who started shooting documentary projects in 2008, said he was shocked by the level of drug abuse he found. Greg, left … Heroin abuse is believed to be dropping in the UK but is rising in the US, where there are thought to be half a million … Read more on Daily Mail

Cocaine defendant seeks help for 'definite addiction problem'
A cocaine defendant who sought rehabilitation on her own was placed on three years of intensive probation Thursday. Desiree M. Collins, 55, of 16 E. Main St., Apt. C (back), Wakeman, must reimburse the Huron County Sheriff's Office $ 40 for the cost of … Read more on Norwalk Reflector

NSB has SAPR training
He is now 21 years drug and alcohol free. Bernie's main message is to inspire troops to avoid alcohol and substance abuse to cope with stress and focus on training mission success. “It is an honor to come out and give the audience some laughs, but most … Read more on Florida Times-Union

Penn Medicine points to new ways to prevent relapse in cocaine-addicted patients
(PHILADELPHIA) – Relapse is the most painful and expensive feature of drug addiction—even after addicted individuals have been drug-free for months or years, the likelihood of sliding back into the habit remains high. The National Institute on Drug … Read more on EurekAlert (press release)

Chronicle AM–April 2, 2014
"Prescription drug abuse has reached crisis levels and is leading to a spike in heroin abuse as well, and we should spare no effort to reverse this deadly trend," Klobuchar said. "My drug take back law will help keep drugs out of the wrong hands and … Read more on Drug War Chronicle

Historic Shift in Drug Research
So far, the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), which has a DEA-protected monopoly on the only legal supply of marijuana that can be used for FDA-regulated research, has refused to sell them cannabis. However, it seems that could be about to … Read more on Good Times

Phillip Hodson: Heavy drinking, workaholism and road rage can all mask …
And that is how the Duke of Westminster came to take three months off in order to recover from a major depressive breakdown. Would that other men could be so well-advised or in a position to finance the opportunity. By and … I contend that the … Read more on The Independent

Brown pays So. Md. daylong visit to talk issues
Brown said he increasingly has heard concerns in rural communities about the growing prevalence of heroin abuse related to addiction to prescription drugs. To that end, Brown said the state needs to invest more in substance abuse treatment and … Read more on So Md News