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Prescription drug abuse gets Congress' attention
Filed under: substance abuse education

BACKGROUND: Prescription drug abuse – the focus of a recent Telegraph special series – is getting quite a bit of attention at the national level. CONCLUSION: The state Legislature should do its part next year by designating money to fund the …
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Substance abuse
Filed under: substance abuse education

Braintree officials will host a Substance Abuse Night on Wednesday, Sept. 19 at Braintree Town Hall. Hosted by Norfolk District Attorney Michael Morrissey and state Senator John Keenan, the presentation will provide an overview and update of substance …
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Substance Abuse Prevention and Education

www.about-drugs.org – For parents and care providers, this substance abuse prevention and drug education package provides the tools necessary to help fully educate teens about the dangers of using drugs. Visit www.about-drugs.org more details.    Read more...

by Morning Calm News

A substance counselor deals with individuals addicted to substances like alcohol and drugs. Known by popular names like substance technicians, chemical dependency technicians and rehabilitation counselors, these professionals guide and support the drug abused to develop coping mechanisms towards their addiction. Considering the number of substance addicts to be in millions, the substance abuse counselor jobs are in huge demand.

Places to Work

A substance abuse counselor can find job at a number of places, some of which are mentioned below:

•Â Drug and alcohol treatment centers •Â Rehabilitation centers •Â Hospitals •Â Social welfare agencies •Â Homeless shelters and halfway houses • Prisons and jails and so on

Counseling Services

A substance abuse counselors shoulder the responsibility to provide counseling to different set of individuals. For example:

Individual counseling is offered by these professionals separately to each and every person struggling with substance addiction.    Read more...

New, Bilingual Web Resources Help Hispanic Families Prevent and Address …
Filed under: substance abuse hotline

The Parents Toll-Free Helpline – 1-855-DRUGFREE – (1-855-378-4373) is staffed by social workers with practical experience in substance abuse intervention and treatment. These specialists offer expert advice to help parents plan a course of action for …
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Report: Prescription drug abuse increasing
Filed under: substance abuse hotline

"Everybody knows someone who is addicted, they just not might know it," said Lovell who is several years clean now and works as a Substance Abuse Counselor, trying to get the word out about the dangers of this growing epidemic. Nearly 29000 pounds of …
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Farhad Discusses His Experience as an OASAS Hopeline Intern

Question by Subversive Change: Are you happy with the stimulus?
Here are some interesting details on the “stimulus” package. If you would not mind forwarding this along to your friends, family, and contacts, it would be greatly
appreciated. The more info Americans have on this bill, the only thing stimulated will be anger and outrage, because none of this stimulates the economy or creates Jobs.
* The interest payments alone on the stimulus would cost $ 350 billion over
the next ten years, which means the next generation will have to pay the bills.
* The bill contains nothing in it that would stimulate the economy, but its only
a down-payment on big government spending. In reality, it’s a welfare proposal.
Wasteful Spending Provisions
* $ 2 billion earmark to re-start FutureGen, a near-zero emissions coal power
plant in Illinois that the Dept. of Energy defunded last year because the project was inefficient
* $ 650 million for the digital television (DTV) converter box coupon program
* $ 88 million for the Coast Guard to design a new polar icebreaker (arctic ship)
* $ 448 million for constructing the Dept. of Homeland Security headquarters
* $ 248 million for furniture at the new Dept. of Homeland Security headquarters
* $ 600 million to buy hybrid vehicles for federal employees
* $ 400 million for the CDC to screen and prevent STD’s
* $ 1.4 billion for a rural waste disposal programs
* $ 125 million for the Washington , D.C. sewer system
* $ 150 million for Smithsonian museum facilities
* $ 1 billion for the 2010 Census, which has a projected cost overrun of $ 3 billion
* $ 75 million for “smoking cessation activities”
* $ 200 million for public computer centers at community colleges
* $ 75 million for salaries of employees at the FBI
* $ 25 million for tribal alcohol and substance abuse reduction
* $ 500 million for flood reduction projects on the Mississippi River
* $ 10 million to inspect canals in urban areas
* $ 6 billion to turn federal buildings into “green” buildings
* $ 500 million for state and local fire stations
* $ 650 million for wildland fire management on Forest Service lands
* $ 1.2 billion for “youth activities,” including youth summer job programs
* $ 88 million for renovating the headquarters of the Public Health Service
* $ 412 million for CDC buildings and property
* $ 500 million for building and repairing NIH facilities in Bethesda, MD
* $ 160 million for “paid volunteers” at the Corporation for
National and Community Service
* $ 5.5 million for “energy efficiency initiatives” at the VA
” National Cemetery Administration”
* $ 60 million for Arlington National Cemetery
* $ 850 million for Amtrak
* $ 100 million for reducing the hazard of lead-based paint
* $ 75M to construct a new “security training” facility for State Dept Security
officers when they can be trained at existing facilities of other agencies.
* $ 110 million to the Farm Service Agency to upgrade computer systems
* $ 200 million in funding for the lease of alternative energy
vehicles for use on military installations.
* $ 275 million for “watershed and flood prevention operations”
* Eliminates fees on loans from the Small Business Administration,
thus pushing private capital toward unproductive businesses and away
from productive businesses.
* Increases the definition of “youth” for certain summer job
programs from age 21 to age 24.    Read more...

Report: Too little mental health care for boomers
Filed under: substance abuse treatment florida

How much substance abuse treatment for seniors will be needed is a particular question, as rates of illegal drug use are higher in boomers currently in their 50s than in previous generations. Mental health experts welcomed the report. "This is a wake …
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Childhood Trauma May Influence Adult Smoking
Filed under: substance abuse treatment florida

Their findings, which suggest that treatment and strategies to stop smoking need to take into account the psychological effects of childhood trauma, are found in BioMed Central's open access journal Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy.
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Drug shortage ups suffering for legitimate pain patients
Filed under: substance abuse treatment florida

"They have to go place to place and are treated badly. The system is breaking down." The tight supply stems from Florida's notorious prescription-drug-trafficking problem, which has fallen under heavy scrutiny. In 2010, Florida physicians purchased 41 …
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Many people don’t care about drug rehabilitation until them or one of their family need it. Although many free drug rehab centers are in the country, it can be difficult to find one of the best if you don’t know how to choose it. It is very problematic for those without comprehensive private health insurance. It means that they have to self finance a stay at rehab center and sometimes it is not cheap.

What about finding the information on the internet?

It doesn’t much help, even when the title of website is “free drug rehab”, many of them force you to pay for a few of dollars. And since those rehab centers seem very reluctant to put pricing information on their web, you cannot judge who offers affordable care and who does not.

Here is 3 tips to find free drug rehab which offers affordable care:    Read more...