Make the Connection: Adolescent Chemical Dependency Treatment and Recovery

Published August 15, 2013

Make the Connection: Adolescent Chemical Dependency Treatment and Recovery – This video is aimed at parents and others concerned about adolescents who have problems with substance abuse. The film describes adolescent addiction and tre…

Increase in Urine Testing Raises Ethical Questions

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But he added that he was concerned that doctors, to protect themselves, would use the tests as an excuse to drop, or “fire,” patients rather than steer them into addiction treatment or alternative pain management programs. “I think that it is … The …
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If Yankees' Alex Rodriguez is willing to fight suspension, he'd better prepare …

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"His lawyers will likely argue that (Rodriguez) didn't use performance enhancing drugs, but even if he did, such use should result in only a 50-game suspension as a 'first time' violation," said Daily News legal analyst Tom Harvey. … Smith, an image …
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