Substance Abuse Agencies: NINR Welcomes Five New Members to the National Advisory Council for Nursing

NINR welcomes five new members to the National Advisory Council for Nursing
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She is a member of the National Advisory Committee of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's Minority Fellowship Program. Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk, Ph.D., R.N., is the associate vice president for health promotion, university …
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Lincoln County Celebrates “National Drug Court Month”
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Drug abuse treatment is beneficial to participants, taxpayers, and our community. County Commissioner Bill Hall said he is very proud to have been part of the effort that led to the creation of the Lincoln County Drug Court Program. “Not only has our …
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Treatment needed to keep Rx abuse from leading to heroin
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“If we can prevent the onset of mood-altering chemical use until the mid-20s … the lifetime of diagnosis of substance abuse disorder goes down to about 7 to 9 percent. For those individuals who begin using mood-altering chemicals at age 14 or 15, the …
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