Born Addicted: Treating Drug-Dependent Babies

Born Addicted: Treating Drug-Dependent Babies – Hospitals in Florida and elsewhere are grappling with the latest fallout from the epidemic of prescription-drug abuse: babies born addicted to painkillers. T…

Legal pot is imminent in Colorado and Washington. Are they ready?

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Christian Thurstone, a child psychiatrist and the medical director of a Denver substance abuse treatment center for adolescents, is one such skeptic. Since medical marijuana … The statistics concerning teen pot use are not all one-sided. Michael …
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Our view: methadone clinic dispute should be closely watched

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Methadone is a synthetic drug used to treat addiction to heroin and other opiates. … Methadone was the leading cause of drug overdose death in New Hampshire from 2005 to 2010 and ranked third after heroin and oxycodone in 2011 and 2012, the Concord …
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VA and Defense Chiefs Confront Reality of 700000 Incarcerated Veterans

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There are some grim statistics behind this issue: One in six returning veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan suffers from a substance abuse disorder; since 2004, the number of veterans treated for mental illness and substance abuse has increased 38 …
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Pyramid Healthcare Publishes Video About Alcohol Withdrawal & Detox

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(PRLEAP.COM) Pyramid Healthcare, an owner and operator of drug and alcohol detox centers as well as other rehabilitation facilities across Pennsylvania, released a short video about alcohol detox. The video is designed to provide people with a brief …
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