Kaufman: Mental Health, Drug Abuse Cuts Are Hurting Community
Kaufman: Mental health, drug abuse cuts are hurting community
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Today, with demand for public mental health and substance abuse services extremely high, especially at a time of severe economic distress, the crisis in behavioral health care continues. The impacts are felt throughout society as people go without the …
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Controversy over parents treating severely autistic son with medical marijuana
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Dr. Sharon Levy, an assistant professor of pediatrics at Boston's Children's Hospital and chairwoman of the AAP's committee on substance abuse, told FOX 12 marijuana is toxic to children's developing brains. She also said enough isn't known about the …
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Economist study gives ammunition to alcohol treatment proponents
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For nearly 20 years, the state has had a legal requirement that 5 percent of state profits from liquor and wine sales had to go into substance abuse treatment. That would equal $ 8.5 million a year. But the Legislature has suspended that law for more …
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