States Want Drug Tests for Welfare Recipients. That's a Terrible Idea.

States want drug tests for welfare recipients. That's a terrible idea.
Filed under: substance abuse therapy

Given these patterns, we concluded that poorly implemented screening policies had the potential to flood already stretched child protection and drug treatment systems with women who didn't need to be there, diverting resources from others in more …
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Acadiana Youth opens new shelter and recovery program for girls
Filed under: substance abuse therapy

And Robinson-Richard understands what young girls struggling to overcome addiction are going through because she has been in recovery for 18 years, and her son went through a substance abuse program when he was 17 years old.
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Helping Keller ISD families keep kids safe and drug free
Filed under: substance abuse therapy

Participants in the information fair included several substance abuse treatment providers, the Community Storehouse which provides assistance to Keller and Northwest school district families in need, local hospitals and law enforcement agencies. The …
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Novel drug in pipeline for comorbid schizophrenia, substance abuse
Filed under: substance abuse therapy

… the treatment of schizophrenia aims for an efficacy trifecta: the well-established potent antipsychotic benefits of olanzapine, but without the associated substantial weight gain, and with expanded utility in patients with comorbid substance abuse …
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