State lawmakers to vote on bills to help drug addicts
MADISON — The Wisconsin State Assembly is expected to vote on a set of bills designed to help drug addicts who overdose. One bill would allow first responders to administer narcan, a drug that counteracts opioid overdoses. Another bill in this package …
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In Annual Speech, Vermont Governor Shifts Focus to Drug Abuse
“In every corner of our state, heroin and opiate drug addiction threatens us,” he said. He said he wanted to reframe the public debate to encourage officials to respond to addiction as a chronic disease, with treatment and support, rather than with …
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Question by Megan Avery Halcom: How old in the state of California do you have to be to get a medical marijuana card (with parent consent)?
I turn 16 in March and im moving to California soon and I have extreme anxiety/panic attacks and I suffer from bulimia. I’ve found out that when I smoke weed and get “stoned” I tend to calm down a lot and im able to eat without my body rejecting the food. (I AM NOT TRYING TO GET A CARD TO “ABUSE” SMOKING MARIJUANA I ONLY SMOKE ON OCCASION AS IT ISN’T MY FAVORITE THING IN THE WORLD TO DO.) It’s just that I have tried almost every medication there is for my ‘problems’ and the only thing that seems to really help is smoking. Please no rude comments I am trying to go about this in a mature way. (:

Best answer:

Answer by Tony
your doctor has to prescribe it for you

Answer by look up in the ditch
No doctor is going to “prescribe” such drugs to a kid. He’d lose his license,

This is the stupidest reason I’ve ever heard. He’s supposed to medicate you with something to help your anxiety. Pot makes you more paranoid, more anxious.

This is like taking speed to help you relax.

If marijuana was a real drug, you’d take it under a doctor’s care, not self medicate yourself.

You need real mental care, not a drug habit.

'I like weed, and I'm a good person': Pot smokers fight stereotypes
Soon the state of Washington will be following suit, selling retail marijuana for recreational use. And on Wednesday, the New Hampshire House of Representatives passed a preliminary vote to legalize up to one ounce of marijuana for recreational use by …
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Local view: America's persistent marijuana conundrum
Local view: America's persistent marijuana conundrum. Every year the results of the latest national survey on drug-abuse trends among American youths are released. As a society, are we doing a better or worse job of preventing the exposure of our young …
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Editorial: New York right to try medical marijuana
Andrew M. Cuomo unveiled a plan to allow 20 hospitals across the state to provide marijuana to patients with serious illnesses. They would be … And Colorado and Washington have gone even further, legalizing marijuana for recreational use. New York is …
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Ke$ha's mom dismisses rumors her daughter's rehab stay is for alcohol
Ke$ ha's mom is quickly dismissing rumors that her daughter is in rehab for alcohol. “That's a total lie,” Pebe Sebert told Celebuzz on Wednesday about her pop star kid's rehabilitation stint. “The place she's at is an eating disorder center. When they …
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Drugs here, so why not treatment center?
I am writing this letter to hopefully explain the difference between the disgraced MinSec facility and the drug and alcohol treatment facility proposed by Dr. Sidari et al in our area. MinSec was a halfway house for convicted criminals which ultimately …
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Foundations Recovery Network Announces JCAHO Accreditation of Its La …
Foundations Recovery Network, a recognized leader in the field of integrated treatment for substance abuse and co-occurring mental health disorders, is proud to announce that La Paloma, its Memphis-based inpatient treatment center, has achieved …
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Ke$ ha enters rehab for eating disorder: report
Ke$ ha is headed for a 30-day stint in rehab to treat an eating disorder. The 26-year-old “Timber” singer, a vegetarian, told TMZ she'll use the month of inpatient treatment “to learn to love myself again, exactly as I am.” Ke$ ha entered Timberline …
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Feedback: Psych Center Will Keep Inpatient Services
The center will continue the operation of essential programs including the children's clinic and day treatment program, the Sex Offender Management and Treatment Act program, the OASAS Alcohol Treatment Center, Northwoods Residential and State …
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Family warns teens to steer clear of synthetic drug Spice as they mourn dead son
The National Institute on Drug Abuse says Spice is sold under many names, including fake weed, K2, Yucatan Fire, Moon Rocks and Skunk. RELATED: FEWER TEENS USING SYNTHETIC MARIJUANA: STUDY. And though the packages are labeled "not for …
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Question by aspiring: what’s the difference between an eating disorder hospital and?
an eating disorder treatment center?

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Answer by Judy & Charlie
Usually a hospital program is part of an inpatient process.
An eating disorder “treatment center” could be an inpatient program or an outpatient program.

Answer by Frank Thomas
It probably depends on what healthcare accreditation they have. Somebody could set up an “alcohol treatment center,” but if they don’t want to take insurance or give out medication, they don’t need to be accredited or inspected and can run whatever crazy program they want.

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A Forever Recovery, a leading addiction treatment center that has pioneered a moral reasoning approach to recovery that empowers each individual client to access the spiritual, cognitive, and fellowship support that they need, has published a new blog …
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Jahi McMath may be transferred to treatment center in New York
In a letter to Dolan, Scerri said the facility would accept Jahi into its outpatient center and eventually move her into a planned inpatient facility, now under construction, for long-term care. "We will be providing Jahi McMath 24-hour licensed …
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