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Actor Matthew Perry talks with Addiction, Treatment and Recovery Caucus Co-Chairmen Rep. John Sullivan (R-Okla.) and Rep. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio).

Activists, Lawmakers Call For M To Curb Opioid Abuse
A statewide coalition met today at the state capitol in Albany to call on New York lawmakers to take decisive action to combat the heroin and prescription drug epidemic through stronger prevention, treatment, and recovery efforts. The heroin … A …
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Noted Addiction Expert from Elements Behavioral Health to Deliver Keynote …
The Recovery Place is one of Florida's premier drug and alcohol treatment centers. The Recovery Place provides individualized, client-centered addiction treatment with multiple programs to fit clients' needs, including detox, day treatment, intensive …
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Rehab For Celebrities: The Long Term Prognosis
Cory Monteith It seems that if you name a celebrity you are naming a person that has been in one form of rehab or treatment or another. This could be for depression, anxiety, alcohol or drug addiction, prescription drug addictions, sex addictions or …
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Budget cuts target residential addiction treatment centers
Budget cuts in residential substance abuse treatment would cost the state more over the long term, according to mental health professionals and addicts. A legislative subcommittee has proposed a $ 2.04 million reduction to inpatient programs that treat …
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Experts: Officials missed signs of prescription drug crackdown's effect on …
Police and addiction treatment professionals in three states said last week that actions such as closures of “pill mills” that dispensed massive amounts of pharmaceuticals had made them harder to get, raising their price as demand outpaced supply.
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Stick to years of scientific research. Reject arbitrary limit on addiction …
While no treatment is perfect, the long-term cost to society is far less when people are in treatment versus the alternative of actively abusing opioids. Arbitrary time limits on treatment and moratoriums on medical services that are driven by emotion …
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New Helpline Provides Substance abuse Recovery Information for Young Adults
LIGHTNING RELEASES (3/5/2014) – Teenager drug and alcohol substance abuse has long been a serious problem in Ogdensburg, NY. Each day countless adolescents regularly abuse drugs and alcohol. Until recently, little information was available for …
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Joe Avellone Understands Substance Abuse More Than Most
Having already conveyed plans to create a cabinet-level position aptly referred to as the Office of Recovery, substance abuse was not initially a campaign platform Joe saw himself advocating for; prescription drug use specifically, he told us, had …
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Pro-choice substance abuse counselor admits that men and women suffer from …
Abortion providers like Planned Parenthood insist that abortion does not cause depression, substance abuse, or any kind of mental health trauma. On the Planned Parenthood website, it says the following: Research studies indicate that emotional …
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Indy Counselor Cites Rising Drug Abuse Among Seniors
Substance abuse currently affects about 17 percent of the senior population and by 2020, that figure is expected to double. Scott Watson of Heartland Intervention says alcohol and prescription drug abuse are the most prominent form of drug abuse in …
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Teenage Drug Abuse on the Rise
She says not only is prescription abuse common among teens, but because of recent police crackdowns on so-called “pill mills,” many teens are turning away from pills and towards heroin. “Heroin is coming back in because it's easy to obtain, it's on the …
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Home + School Programs Modestly Slow Teen Prescription Drug Abuse
Home + School Programs Modestly Slow Teen Prescription Drug Abuse Teen prescription drug abuse programs have experienced mixed levels of effectiveness, ranging from big drops in drug abuse to no measurable effect. The finding comes from a study of …
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