Combating Prescription Drug Abuse
Combating Prescription Drug Abuse – While most prescription pain medicines are used as prescribed, some criminals and addicts are defrauding the Medicaid system by attempting to acquire multipl…
Medical professionals discuss how to curtail prescription drug abuse
Filed under: prescription drug abuse
The problem of prescription drug abuse is stark, Carol Falkowski said. Falkowski, who was the state's drug abuse safety officer for 25 years, came to Duluth as part of the medical association's effort to seek members' input on ways to keep opioids such …
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Thai Monastery Runs Drug Rehab Program
Thai Monastery Runs Drug Rehab Program – (LinkAsia: July 1, 2011) Buddhist monks use diet, discipline and self-reflection to cure drug addicts. Broadcaster: VTV4, 6/28/2011.
Republicans, Reporters, Drug Addicts and an Orphaned Mural
Filed under: drug rehabilitation
Would it sound more like a New York story if we told you that the Republicans reluctantly turned the clubhouse over to a bunch of journalists, after which the building was used by a drug-rehabilitation program that installed a mural, depicting the path …
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Treatment for Drug and Heroin Addiction for Those in Boston.
Treatment for drug and heroin addiction for those in Boston. – Ready to get help for your heroin addiction? Boston residents, if youre ready to start the road to recovery, watch this video. The caring professionals of ou…
Prescription drugs: Understanding the 'epidemic'
Filed under: drug addiction treatment for women boston
Although there's no data to pinpoint when exactly the prescription drug addiction boomed in town, Liz Jorgensen, a Ridgefield drug counselor, sent 30 to 40 people to rehab for prescription drug addiction from September 2009 to September 2010. … Ms …
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Robert Downey Jr Failed Drug Rehabs
Robert Downey Jr failed drug rehabs – Why AA program doesn’t work.
3 Doors Down's Todd Harrell checks into rehab
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3 Doors Down bassist Todd Harrell has checked into rehab to conquer his drink and drug problems after he was charged with vehicular homicide by intoxication over the weekend. The musician was arrested after he clipped another car while driving through …
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We Are Addicted to Football. It's Time for Rehab.
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Iyanla Asks DMX if He Has a Drug Problem – Iyanla Fix My Life – Oprah Winfrey Network
Iyanla Asks DMX If He Has a Drug Problem – Iyanla Fix My Life – Oprah Winfrey Network – Iyanla travels to Yonkers, New York, to meet Earl Simmons—also known as multiplatinum rap artist DMX. They meet at Powerhouse Studios, home of his Ruff Ryder…
Rethinking Law Enforcement Priorities on 4/20
Filed under: drug addiction statistics
According to SFPD statistics, 24 percent of all police arrests in 2012 were for violations of narcotic drug laws. A study was just completed on how police use their time in New York City. The report finds that the “NYPD used approximately 1,000,000 …
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Abuse in the Name of Treatment – Drug Detention Centers in Asia (Sub: ENG, RUS, SPA, HUN)
Abuse in the Name of Treatment – Drug Detention Centers in Asia (Sub: ENG, RUS, SPA, HUN) – Help us caption and translate this video on Amara.org: http://www.amara.org/en/v/B506/ FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/drugreporter WEB: http://www.drugrep…
W.Va. prison overcrowding bill invests in drug treatment, supervision after …
Filed under: drug addiction help centers
Mineral County Commissioner Jerry Whisner stated in a previous interview with the Times-News that approximately 30 percent of those incarcerated are the result of drug abuse and that a drug rehabilitation center should have been put in place in the …
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