Damascus Project Hosts Annual Banquet, Seeks Funds for Rehab Center
Damascus Project hosts annual banquet, seeks funds for rehab center The Damascus Project has been working diligently over the last few years to build a faith-based addiction rehabilitation facility here in Dyersburg that would house 30 to 40 men and over a long-term program help them kick their addiction and become … Read more on State Gazette Fostoria treatment faciltiy scores more funding According to a national survey by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 23.5 million people aged 12 or older needed treatment for a drug or alcohol abuse problem in 2009. Of these numbers, 2.6 million actually received the … Read more on Review Times Read more... ...
Police Say Synthetic Marijuana Makers Skirt Law to Sell Product Locally
Police say synthetic marijuana makers skirt law to sell product locally In 2011, nearly 23,000 hospital visits were reportedly linked to use of “bath salts,” a category of drugs that encompasses synthetic weed, a Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration study shows. In Brockton, Shrand …. Dave Brennan … Read more on Easton Journal Roger Ebert Among Mentions in 2013 Emmy Ceremony Larry Hagman, Jack Klugman, Eileen Brennan, Roger Ebert all deserved better than a black and white still and a cellist. Just saying. — Michael Tammero (@FOXlightMichael) September 23, 2013. Larry Hagman, Roger Ebert and Jack Klugman should've … Read more on NBC Chicago Read more... ...
Number of Rehabilitation Facilities Too Low to Compensate for Heroin Abuse
Number of Rehabilitation Facilities Too Low to Compensate for Heroin Abuse New Jersey currently only has 361 substance abuse treatment facilities, encompassing both the private and public sectors, according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Acknowledge the heroin abuse problem in New Jersey: … Read more on newjerseynewsroom.com Buzzkill: Experts say more young women are starting to binge on booze Around the same time, two younger women on the UW-Madison campus were taken to the detoxification center with even higher levels of alcohol in their systems. … According to data from the Dane County Youth Assessment, high school students in Dane … Read more on 77Square.com Read more... ...
Nationwide Survey Suggests Heroin Resurgence
Nationwide survey suggests heroin resurgence Strickling and Runyon both expressed a need for improved collaboration between drug treatment centers and law enforcement agencies amid the current heroin resurgence. "Someone suffering from addiction, there's also a victim there," Strickling said. Read more on Hernando Today Medbox Responds to Critics and Issues Status Update to Company Shareholders WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Oct. 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Medbox, Inc. (OTC Markets: MDBX) (www.medboxinc.com), a leader in providing consulting services and patented systems to the medical and retail industries, issued a status update to its shareholders … Read more on Wall Street Journal Read more... ...
Pax House Offers the Best 12-Step Program for Detox and Drug Treatment
Pax House Offers the Best 12-Step Program for Detox and Drug Treatment Altadena, CA — (SBWIRE) — 10/14/2013 — Pax House, a residential chemical dependency treatment center, now offers the best daily 12-Step Meeting Program to it residence for an effective treatment for drug treatment in California. One of the … Read more on SBWire (press release) RUMSON: REHAB HOUSE DEATH INVESTIGATED Oxford House, a nonprofit drug rehab provider, lists the house, at 61 South Ward Avenue, as a residence for up to nine males in rehab. Drug or alcohol use by residents is cause for eviction. Paterson declined to comment on a neighbor's claim that the … Read more on redbankgreen Read more... ...
37 Believed to Be Dead After Blaze Destroys Psychiatric Hospital in Russia
by UMDNJ School of Nursing 37 believed to be dead after blaze destroys psychiatric hospital in Russia Up to 37 people are believed to have died after a fire engulfed a psychiatric hospital in Russia's Novgorod Region. The firemen have managed to localize the fire that spread over 670 square meters of the building. Patient setting bed on fire could be … Read more on The Voice of Russia Read more... ...