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Beshear Calls for More Substance Abuse Treatment Programs
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by admin on February 1, 2012 by Brenna Angel, Kentucky Public Radio Governor Steve Beshear says more outpatient treatment programs are necessary to help eliminate Kentucky's growing prescription drug abuse problem. Beshear joined prosecutors, police …
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Demi Moore Is in a Treatment Facility: Source
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"She's on total lockdown and only talking to a small group of people," a source tells E!, adding that the actress is being treated for addiction and an eating disorder. A 911 call from Jan. 23 revealed that Moore had smoked a substance "similar to …
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Northwest Substance Abuse Treatment Center awarded Three-Year CARF Accreditation
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This accreditation decision represents the highest level of accreditation that can be awarded to an organization and shows Northwest Substance Abuse Treatment Center's substantial conformance to the CARF standards. An organization receiving a …
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Question by marnefirstinfantry: U.S. House of representative Barney Frank says we should decriminalize Marijuana. Do u agree?
Ease Pot Restrictions, Lawmakers UrgeCNNposted: 1 HOUR 38 MINUTES AGOcomments: 1185PrintSharefiled under: Law News, National NewsText SizeAAA(July 30) – The U.S. should stop arresting responsible marijuana users, Rep. Barney Frank said Wednesday, announcing a proposal to end federal penalties for Americans carrying fewer than 100 grams, almost a quarter-pound, of the substance.
Current laws targeting marijuana users place undue burdens on law enforcement resources, punish ill Americans whose doctors have prescribed the substance and unfairly affect African-Americans, said Frank, flanked by legislators and representatives from advocacy groups.    Read more...

Alcohol and drug addiction

Les Linet MD, a board certified child and adolescent psychiatrist, discusses drug and alcohol abuse

Wyoming County: Survey notes decline in drug, alcohol use by teens
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Partners for Prevention is a coalition of people and agencies aiming to reduce alcohol and substance abuse among young people. It conducts numerous related programs — such as Project Sticker Shock and the Reality Tour — throughout the year. …
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The Partnership at Drugfree.org and Energy BBDO Team Up to Help Parents Stop …
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This provocative new public service campaign sheds light not only on the harmful behavior of teen drug and alcohol use, but on what parents do, or don't do, to intervene in their child's substance abuse. Two 30-second television ads, directed by MJZ's …
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RCASA Makes Case for Cash; RPD Chief Cormier Looking to Expand Force
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“We aren't going to arrest our way out of substance abuse.” Superintendent Doherty recommended adding additional counseling services and staff to help reach out to at-risk students, and promised a detailed discussion of such initiatives at tonight's …
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So How Much SHOULD Islamic Clergy Make?
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99% of the people will never see the hours of marital counseling, family counseling, and late night phone calls that imams have to yield. They'll never see the people who randomly walk into the masjid at odd hours dealing with drug abuse, …
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221 HELP WANTED
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Candidates must have working experience in providing substance abuse treatment services, great communication skills, team player, sound judgment, empathy sensitivity, and creativity in dealing with clients. Applicants must be computer and …
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School's Out
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Since then, the campus has hosted a hodgepodge of vocational programs, like a course in construction, and another for substance abuse counselors. Mayor Vince Gray's administration took an interest in a janitorial program for homeless veterans (though …
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Career Information for a Bilingual Clinic Assistant
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This is a true career story as told to LatPro and is one of many interviews with individuals in the healthcare profession, including a Drug Abuse Counselor, Psychotherapist, and many more. I work as a Bilingual Clinic Assistant in the public health …
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The depressing toll of the Great Recession
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Rates of alcoholism, drug abuse and child abuse are up, putting families under enormous stress, said Love. And over the past three years, he and his colleagues at Valley Community Counseling treated 60 percent more children who'd been exposed to …
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Hospice Turns Months-to-Live Patient Into Years of Abusing Drugs
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Drug addiction among those who leave hospices has become more common in recent years, according to Walter Ling, a professor of psychiatry and director of the substance abuse program at the University of California at Los Angeles. …
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Loudoun County news in brief
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Representatives set policy and administer the provision of community-based services for people with mental illness, intellectual disabilities and substance abuse disorders. Responsibilities includes oversight of the Loudoun Department of Mental Health, …
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