Youth Summit centers on alcohol, substance abuse
NEW ULM – Nearly 100 parents, students and members of youth advocacy organizations attended a Live Out Loud (LOL), a summit on alcohol and substance abuse at New Ulm High School Saturday. Most workshops were geared for youth while others were …
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Betty Ford Center's mission to grow with merger
That vision is now being rewritten as the world-renowned drug and alcohol addiction treatment center merges with the Hazelden Foundation, a much larger program in Minnesota that's built its reputation by expanding into multiple states. The new Hazelden …
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Manchin, Hagan Lobbied To Support One-Year Obamacare Delay
One of the more positive sounding admonitions from health care reform opponents was that the United States had "the best health care in the world," so why would you mess with it? Well, it's true that if you want the …. Since the law contains dual …
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Drug Rehab Center Aubrey Develops New Treatment Programs for Young Adults
Drug Rehab Center Aubrey is a fully accredited alcohol and drug treatment facility in Aubrey, Texas. Aubrey, TX (PRWEB) September 28, 2013. Drug and alcohol addiction can happen to any age group. But the methods of treatment aren't necessarily the same …
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Drug Rehab Center Piscataway Develops New Treatment Programs for the Elderly
Drug Rehab Center Piscataway has implemented comprehensive dual diagnosis and pain management programs to help seniors deal with their addictions. While most young addicts use drugs and alcohol to get high or buzzed, senior substance abuse is …
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Recovery program cites success in helping people with addictions
As of August, 53 of the 75 participants who had enrolled in the substance abuse Community Recovery Program since January 2012 had remained sober, or drug and/or alcohol free. CRP Program Manager Lisa M. Smith … CRP can help with employment services …
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Jefferson County heroin problem continue to grow
People who are struggling with drug addiction are often in need of housing, jobs and transportation, which is exactly why we need a comprehensive community response.” All said parents and other family members should talk with teens and young adults …
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Study Finds Workplace Drug Testing Tied to Racial Differences
The drug testing policy exists so that employers can determine if drugs might be an issue for a potential employee. Since drugs and drug addictions can impair one's ability to work and function, some people might argue that drug tests are useful. Even …
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Passages Malibu Marks National Drug and Alcohol Addiction Recovery Month
National Recovery Month happens every September, highlighting the year-round work of addiction treatment. Sponsored and promoted by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), the month is meant to place a positive …
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Politics of health care reform, cuts impact mental health, substance abuse …
Wendy Stilson, program director at St. Marys Center for Recovery, walks through a bedroom at the center in Salt Lake City on Friday, Sept. 20, 2013. There are six empty beds that cannot be filled due to lack of funding. St. Marys Center for Recovery is …
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Intensive Substance–Abuse Treatment Fails to Deliver Better Results: Study
TUESDAY, Sept. 17 (HealthDay News) — Treating drug and alcohol addiction with a concentrated approach called chronic care management may be no more effective than a single medical appointment and addiction referral, according to a new study.
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Millions more to get coverage for addiction, alcoholism treatment, but can the …
In a major break with the past, 4 million people with drug and alcohol problems — from homeless drug addicts to working moms who drink too much — suddenly will become eligible for insurance coverage under the new health care overhaul. A riot …
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Bangor conference sheds light on drug, alcohol addiction treatment differences …
BANGOR, Maine — When it comes to drug and alcohol addiction, there are differences between men and women, and that means treatment programs need to be different, local substance abuse providers learned Friday at a conference about addiction and …
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Lamar Odom enters rehab for drug and alcohol addiction
Lamar Odom's recent DUI might have been the straw that broke the camel's back. The former Los Angeles Clippers baller reportedly checked in to a rehab center to deal with his drug and alcohol addiction. "He realized he needs help," a source told People …
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California Lawmakers Order Audit of Taxpayer-Funded Drug Rehab Program
Ted Lieu, a Los Angeles County Democrat, and Assemblyman Adam Gray, chairman of the Joint Legislative Audit Committee and a Merced Democrat, jointly called for the review of the Medi-Cal-funded program for the poor. “Ineffective oversight and fraud in …
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De La Hoya to miss Mayweather fight because of rehab
De La Hoya, who has battled alcohol and drug addiction in the past, has checked himself into a treatment center. In a statement, De La Hoya … I will not be at the fight to cheer Canelo to victory since I have voluntarily admitted myself to a …
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Addicted To The Internet? Go To Rehab, Seriously…
Here's something new and perhaps even creative – a cure for internet addiction. I am completely serious. Now there is a treatment center right here in the U.S. America's first hospital-based "internet addiction" inpatient rehab program opens this week …
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