Keeping Safe in a Big Freeze
Keeping safe in a big freeze According to Rosenthal those most at risk include seniors, people with diabetes, heart or circulation problems, and those who use alcohol, caffeine and other drugs that hamper the body's response to cold. "Children are also a high-risk group. They are … Read more on My FOX Carolinas Rick Holmes: Addicts' moms find their voice For decades, we've been hearing about drug addiction from politicians and police, from prosecutors, professors and the mental health establishment. It's time to hear from an interest group closer than any of them to the problem: the drug addicts' moms. Read more on Taunton Daily Gazette Read more... ...
Dave Trott Wins Midterm Election Race for Michigan's 11th District
... and incumbent Rep. Kerry Bentivolio, who ran as a write-in candidate, in the race to represent Michigan's 11th District in Congress. Bentivolio mounted a write-in campaign after losing in the GOP … Read more on Huffington Post Robert Downey Jr. hasn't just made it all the way back, he's made it all the … But his role as Julian, the tragic junkie in “Less Than Zero,” ultimately became a matter of life imitating art and hastened Downey's descent into substance abuse. “I'd never done half the stuff that Julian did, but I came from that culture,” Downey says. Read more on Washington Post Read ...
Portland Teacher Madhu Braunger Watches Sons Descend Into Addiction; 1 …
... teacher Madhu Braunger watches sons descend into addiction; 1 … They do so in a state with one of the highest rates of substance abuse in the country and a treatment system underfunded and overwhelmed. Parental expertise in substance abuse comes in stages. Discovering a child is seriously abusing drugs or alcohol … Read more on OregonLive.com Binge Eating Treatment Flops, Peer-to-Peer Training Succeeds Obese patients with binge eating disorder had only slight improvements with food addiction after a treatment program, but internal medicine residents reported success in learning how to address alcohol use disorders from senior psychiatry residents, … Read more on MedPage Today Read ...
Nachspiel With Revolt
Nachspiel with Revolt – A nachspiel with Revolt cut down to 10minutes. Enjoy! (Should probably been in a alcohol abuse prevention campaign) by USAG Yongsan East Texas drug use rises; funds for prevention agencies among lowest in the … LUFKIN, TX (KTRE) – Drug and alcohol abuse is constantly growing in the United States, but the funds for prevention in East Texas are not. "We barely scratch the surface of the need for prevention services and counseling services," said Phyllis … Read more on KTRE Read more... ...
How to Understand Addict Behavior With Jerry Egan and PalmPartners.com, Part 4
... to Understand Addict Behavior with Jerry Egan and PalmPartners.com, part 4 – This video features Jerry Egan, Program Director for Palm Partners Treatment Center in Delray Beach Florida http://palmpartners.com/. It was produced by Mark… Bay City residents question proposed substance abuse recovery facility at old … Grand Rapids-based Holy Cross Youth and Family Services applied for a special use permit with the Bay City Planning Commission to establish a supervised Kairos Healthcare Treatment and Recovery Residential Facility at the now vacant church building at … Read more on MLive.com Read ...
Heroin: Still a Statewide Crisis
... still a statewide crisis BELLOWS FALLS—John Merrigan, commander of the Vermont State Police Narcotics Task Force, noted that while there may be a nationwide crackdown on websites like Silk Road, the state drug task force focus remains on heroin, noting that opiate addiction … Read more on Commons The Greatest Hits of 2014? The new coverage for psychiatric care, and the additional requirement for coverage for substance abuse services as part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), has brought improved access to care to millions of people. … But, that ideal is a long way off … Read more on Psychiatric Times (blog) Read ...
Britain Admits Anti-Drug Laws Are Useless
... visited 11 countries, including the U.S., with a wide-range of drug policies—from Portugal, where all drug use has been decriminalized, to Japan, where a 'zero-tolerance' policy is in operation. The … Read more on Daily Beast Ballot Measure To Drug-Test Doctors Draws Backlash Under the proposition, doctors would be drug-tested in three instances: at random, within 24 hours of patients under their care suffering an adverse event, and when they are subjects of a possible substance abuse report. If it passes, California would … Read more on Huffington Post Read ...