Archive for the ‘Substance Abuse’ Category

Determining Alcoholism Risk Proves Complicated Endeavor

Determining Alcoholism Risk Proves Complicated Endeavor
Filed under: teenage substance abuse

Multiple twin studies in the United States and Norway show that the genetics of alcohol use disorder are closely allied with those for other externalizing diagnoses, such as drug abuse, conduct disorder, and antisocial personality disorder, said …
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PATH gets grant for in-school health centers
Filed under: teenage substance abuse

Pender Alliance for Teen Health (PATH) learned Friday that it has been awarded a grant of nearly $ 500,000 to make school-based health centers at three Pender County schools a reality over the next two years. The funds, dispersed by the Health …
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Dr. David Sack, Promises Treatment Centers: Signs a Teen is Abusing Drugs | KNBC-LA


Assistant Director of Counseling Services

Assistant Director of Counseling Services
Filed under: substance abuse intervention

Responsibilities include providing individual/group counseling and crisis intervention to students, training to Residence Life staff, and consultation to various members of the SMCM community; participating in the development and implementation of …
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Minnesota News Briefs: Young woman abducted in Appleton
Filed under: substance abuse intervention

… Services Department says a number of agencies are participating. He says long-term goals include strengthening substance abuse prevention, early intervention in health care and more support for recovery — plus reducing drug trafficking and production.
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Experts say help available for families dealing with mental illness
Filed under: substance abuse intervention

(Far more often, substance abuse is to blame.) It's important to look past the violence, local … Roommates, friends, staff or faculty concerned about a students' well-being also can call the team for a possible intervention. The Students of Concern …
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Substance Abuse Education: Prosecutor to Focus on Backlogged DUIs

Prosecutor to focus on backlogged DUIs
Filed under: substance abuse education

As part of that, the office will expand efforts to educate the populace against its dangers. Incoming State Attorney Catherine Vogel hasn't taken office yet but said she worked to secure … The mission of the coalition, comprising groups including the …
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For Famous Rockers, More Sex, Drugs — And Death?
Filed under: substance abuse education

The British study looked at 1,489 rock and pop stars popular between 1956 and 2006 and found that musicians were more likely to die from substance abuse if they faced childhood adversity. Forty-seven percent of rock and pop stars who died of “risk …
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Fleming Q&A's 'Flight' Scribe John Gatins
Filed under: substance abuse education

Doctors to Answer Questions on Chemical Dependency, Addiction Treatment

Doctors to answer questions on chemical dependency, addiction treatment
Filed under: substance abuse in the workplace

Dr. Ted Wander, a general adult psychiatrist and medical director at Intermountain Healthcare's LDS Hospital inpatient psychiatric unit, and Jan Frederickson, an addiction substance abuse disorder counselor with the LDS Hospital Dayspring Treatment …
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Street Forms of 'Synthetic Marijuana' Products Linked to Thousands of Hospital
Filed under: substance abuse in the workplace

… Visits Each Year. Dec. 4, 2012 — Street forms of synthetic cannabinoids — so-called "synthetic marijuana" — were linked to 11,406 of the 4.9 million drug-related emergency department (ED) visits in 2010, according to a new report by the …
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Teenage Substance Abuse: Dr. David Sack, Promises Treatment Centers: Signs a Teen Is Abusing Drugs | KNBC-LA

Dr. David Sack, Promises Treatment Centers: Signs a Teen is Abusing Drugs | KNBC-LA


Dr. David Sack, CEO of Promises Treatment Centers gives advice on what signs to look for in teens who may be abusing drugs. This is a segment every parent, sibling and relative should watch. “This is a wakeup call to every parent – it’s critical that they intervene early because teen brains are more vulnerable to its harmful effects,” according to NBC4 Medical Editor Dr. Bruce Hensel. Johanna Rodriguez was 16 when she went through treatment at Phoenix House, for methamphetamine addiction. “No one knew that every morning, Johanna had to get out of bed and take a hit of her pipe in order to make it to school. I spend my lunch in the bathroom getting high,” Rodriguez said. Dr. David Sack of Promises treatment Centers says he has seen an increase in teenage substance abuse in the last three years and parents should look for big shifts in behavior. www.promises.com

Riley Regan, Pioneer and Advocate in Alcoholism Drug Treatment and

Riley Regan, Pioneer and Advocate in Alcoholism Drug Treatment and
Filed under: substance abuse prevention

Mr. Regan subsequently served as the Executive Director of the New Jersey Governor's Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse (GCADA), an agency responsible for prevention efforts statewide. For more than 20 years he was on the faculty of the Rutgers …
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schools plan drug testing
Filed under: substance abuse prevention

There should be a whole raft of policies and prevention, before drug testing is considered,'' Professor Roche said. Liberty Victoria president Jane Dixon, SC, also expressed concern that testing would undermine the student's right to privacy. ''The …
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Plunge follow-up includes drug abuse action plan
Filed under: substance abuse prevention

Community members who attended “Just Once: A Plunge on Prescription Drug and Heroin Abuse” in November met again Friday to work on an action plan and follow up on drug abuse prevention initiatives already in place. “What we have to focus on is …
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