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•Narconon reminds families that abuse of addictive pharmaceutical drugs is on the rise. Learn to recognize the signs of drug abuse and get your loved ones help if they are at risk. Call Narconon for a free brochure on the signs addiction for all types …
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Obama On Gun Vote: 'This Was A Pretty Shameful Day For Washington'
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… mental health care to cover such services at parity under the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008. Additionally, the Affordable Care Act requires all new small group and individual plans to cover mental health and substance abuse …
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No, the 2nd Amendment Does Not Authorize Armed Sedition
Filed under: definition of substance abuse

When they wanted to abuse each other, the Founders invoked the name of Catiline, the bankrupt aristocrat prosecuted by Cicero for conspiracy against the state. This fear was so real that in 1807 the Jefferson … The substance of the charge? Burr had …
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Almost Addicted: Is My (or My Loved One's) Drug Use a Problem?
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A medical doctor and Ph.D., he uses his impressive list of credentials — including faculty psychiatrist at Harvard, staff psychiatrist at Boston Children's Hospital Adolescent Substance Abuse Program, and co-founder/director of the Human Rights and …
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Homes for the Homeless: How You Can Help
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Bill targets synthetic cannabis
Filed under: substance abuse in schools

But drug officials say Spice is marketed toward children who want to experiment and that marketing appears to be working. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, 11.4 percent of high school seniors reported using Spice in the past year.
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Is it time to chuck welfare?
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Canada's in the bottom third in “relative child poverty”; there are too many teens spinning their wheels by not being in school, training or employment; and we're 27th (ahead of only Latvia and Romania) in health and safety, including vaccination …
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Drop off old medicine April 27
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An unused, unwanted and expired medicine drop-off sponsored by the Knox County Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 27 at two locations: Midwest Bank of Western Illinois, 2558 N. Seminary St., Galesburg, and …
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Gun Bill Amendments On Mental Health, Secrecy Pass In Senate, As Gun …
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… mental health care to cover such services at parity under the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008. Additionally, the Affordable Care Act requires all new small group and individual plans to cover mental health and substance abuse …
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Coroner: Multiple-drug overdose killed teen
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Funding approved for juvenile drug court program in Daviess Co.
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Commissioners saying that funding the program is a good use of tax-payer dollars. Three years ago, Gary Hall and a group of substance abuse specialists in Daviess County formed the Alliance for a Drug-Free Owensboro. "We have developed and organized …
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Gov. Rick Scott asks state analysts to revise Medicaid expansion estimates
Filed under: substance abuse disorder

In addition to calculating for savings under Medically Needy, the hospitals also believe that there will be reduced burdens on county health departments, substance abuse and mental health treatment, and AIDS drug treatment programs that save the state …
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Senate OKs Mental Health Amendment To 'Effectively Derailed' Gun Bill
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SIMMONS: Americans in the giving spirit need not accept a tax penalty
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The Salvation Army is an effective and efficient Christian-based social services organization that tames the demons of substance abuse and soothe the troubled souls of people in despair. Whitman-Walker, meanwhile, has long been in the forefront of …
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Veteran reaches deal with court
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That court, created in 2011, is a problem-solving court that provides substance abuse and mental health treatment to those who have served in the military and have post-traumatic stress disorder or traumatic brain injuries. If York completed a program …
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Fort Monmouth's Homless Housing Obligations Outlined
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Building 501, which was previously the home of an Army substance abuse program, will be used by Family Promise. Family Promise helps homeless and low-income families achieve sustainable independence. • The newly-constructed emergency shelter will …
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