Online Substance Abuse Treatment Offered at Zero Cost to All War Veterans
Online Substance Abuse Treatment (OSAT) is honoring military members for their service to America by offering zero cost and substantially discounted online drug and alcohol addiction treatment programs. OSAT recognizes that men and women in uniform …
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AMA Pain Management Program Aims to Strike a Balance
"Revisions to this educational program will help physicians maintain an understanding of appropriate pain management and ensure legitimate patients get the treatment they need while helping to prevent prescription drug abuse and diversion." The series …
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Prescription addiction
To alleviate this problem, public health programs must take addiction to drugs that have legitimate medical uses as seriously as the abuse of street drugs such as heroin, which affects the same pain receptors in the brain as painkillers do. Read more …
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Drug Addiction Treatment For Opioid Dependence, Zubsolv, Approved By FDA
Zubsolv, a menthol flavored pill that dissolves under the tongue, has been approved for the treatment of opioid addiction for patients in the U.S. Seventy-five percent of all drug overdoses from prescription medication has occurred from abuse of opioid …
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Officials urge community involvement to curb drug abuse
With a steady and determined voice, a 17-year-old high school senior stood at a podium on Wausau's 400 Block on Tuesday and read aloud a poem that described the horrors of heroin addiction and the suffering caused by drug abuse. “I destroy homes, I …
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Eminem opens up about drug use: 'My bottom was going to be death'
In the documentary "How to Make Money Selling Drugs," Eminem opens up about his struggle with prescription drug addiction. The rapper, 40, entered rehab for sleeping pill addiction in 2005. In the movie, Slim Shady gets candid about the drug abuse that …
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Youths, violence and gun ownership
The Pediatrics journal study was funded by the National Institute of Drug Abuse, part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and the findings are based on enrollment information for a longer-term study. "The more we understand the …
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ALICE IN CHAINS Guitarist Interviewed On Winnipeg's POWER 97 (Audio) – July …
1 on that year's November 25 chart, according to Billboard.com. It would be their final studio release with … DuVall began touring with the group in 2006, four years after the death of Layne Staley from a drug overdose. ALICE IN CHAINS began working …
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CDC director: We can reduce prescription drug overdoses
Providers can also screen patients for risk and history of substance abuse before prescribing opioid painkillers. Drug addiction is a disease of the brain that can be treated. But health care providers aren't the whole answer. Insurers and health care …
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Please stop dancing with Molly
According to a 2011 study by the Drug Abuse Warning Network, MDMA-related ER visits climbed 124 percent from 2004 to 2009, coinciding with the time that dance music ham-fisted its way onto the mainstream pop charts via acts like Ke$ ha and the Black …
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Visiting expert to help drug addicts
Visiting expert to help drug addicts and people with research psychiatric disorders. July 9, 2013. A UK expert visiting the University of Canterbury (UC) is researching psychiatric disorders and drug addiction so she can develop treatments that erase …
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Thousands share my character's addiction
And Zoe admitted she had no idea how widespread prescription drug addiction was until producers urged her to research the issue on the internet. She told TV Biz: “Before this storyline came up, painkiller addiction wasn't something I knew much about …
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Great efforts needed to check drug abuse, says President Pranab
Speaking after giving away National Awards for Outstanding Services in the Field of Prevention of Alcoholism and Substance, the President said alcoholism and drug abuse is a serious threat to a nation like India, which has a huge young population …
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Eminem: 'overdose nearly killed me', Kim Kardashian wants M for baby photos …
EMINEM has revealed how an addiction to prescription drugs nearly killed him in a new documentary. Meanwhile, Kim Kardashian is rumoured to be asking $ US2 million for the first pictures of her new baby, planning to donate the money to charity, and The …
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Addiction Medicine Pioneer Dr . AR Mohammad Outraged by Deceptive …
One of the world's leading addiction experts and California rehab pioneers, Dr. Mohammad said, "It is critical for people to understand that e-cigarettes are not regulated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), so tobacco companies can market them …
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Eminem says addiction to painkillers and other prescription drugs nearly …
Drug approved for hot flashes: The first nonhormonal drug to treat hot flashes has won approval from the Food and Drug Administration, offering a new alternative to menopausal women. The treatment, which will be called Brisdelle, was developed by Noven …
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