New substance abuse treatment resources focus on teens
Resources to help parents, health care providers, and substance abuse treatment specialists treat teens struggling with drug abuse, as well as identify and interact with those who might be at risk, were released today by the National Institute on Drug …
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State senate forms committee to study drug addiction, treatment
The Senate formed its own special committee Thursday to study drug addiction and treatment options with a focus on addressing what Senate President Therese Murray described as an epidemic of opiate addiction in Massachusetts. email print. By Matt …
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Sen. Flanagan to chair panel studying addiction treatment
BOSTON – In response to rising levels of drug addiction, the Senate on Thursday passed an order to create a special committee to study the application of Section 35 and drug addiction treatment options in the state, and Sen. Jennifer Flanagan will …
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@ISSUE: Why are death rates soaring from prescription drug abuse by women?
Health care providers and women can take steps to protect against prescription painkiller overdoses. It is important that health care providers follow guidelines for responsible opioid prescribing (including screening and monitoring for substance abuse …
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North Jersey 'pill mills' cashing in on painkiller addiction
They came by vanloads from downtown Newark. The Medicaid recipients and homeless drug addicts piled into a medical center in a strip mall in Passaic, where they got cursory examinations and bogus diagnoses from a licensed doctor. The patients left with …
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@ISSUE: Why are death rates soaring from prescription drug abuse by women?
Health care providers and women can take steps to protect against prescription painkiller overdoses. It is important that health care providers follow guidelines for responsible opioid prescribing (including screening and monitoring for substance abuse …
Read more on Asbury Park Press

Addiction Expert Weighs In On Dramatic Increase in Women Dying from Opioid …
"This escalation in female deaths is staggering," said Kim Dennis MD, CEO and medical director of Timberline Knolls Residential Treatment Center. "The statistics show the shocking ignorance with regards to mental health and addiction training …
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