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Tip 44 Substance Abuse Treatment for Adults in the Criminal Justice System


 

Tip 44 Substance Abuse Treatment for Adults in the Criminal Justice System – Training CEUs for Licensed Professional Counselors (LPC) and Licensed Mental Health Counselors (LMHC) by AllCEUs.

 

Savage: Affordable Care Act Offers Opportunity to Combat Pain and Drug Abuse

Filed under: drug abuse treatment

There is a growing national debate about two important life and death issues: the abuse of powerful pain medications and the treatment of chronic pain. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has classified prescription drug abuse as a deadly …
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Cameron Douglas Case Won't Crack Drug War

Filed under: drug abuse treatment

Two weeks after that trial, prison officials found that Douglas had used heroin and Suboxone, an "orange rock-like substance" used to treat heroin addiction. This time, Douglas compromised his credibility as a witness by lying to prosecutors about what …
Read more on Courthouse News Service

 

Editorial: Prescription-drug abuse lead-in to heroin

Filed under: drug abuse treatment

That follows a national trend: 178,000 people tried heroin for the first time in 2011, nearly double that of 2005. The law enforcement, medical and drug treatment communities are on notice that opiate abuse — from prescription painkillers to heroin …
Read more on The Journal News | LoHud.com

 

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HB672 [Update] Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 2013 http://t.co/kHk38pOGIY – by eLobbyistUS (eLobbyist USCongress)