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Essay Help!!! How Can One Resist and Help Others Resist the Influences of Substance Use and Abuse? ?

Question by boycrazie: Essay help!!! How can one resist and help others resist the influences of substance use and abuse? ?
I am writing an essay on substance (alcohol and drug) abuse. I need to answer the question:
How do you resist the influence and what steps could you… Continue reading

Opiates Passing Alcohol as Top Addiction in Monroe

Opiates passing alcohol as top addiction in Monroe

Filed under: drug addiction treatment

Heroin and prescription drug abuse are surpassing alcoholism as the top addiction problem in Monroe County, treatment program officials report. "Opiates" — including illicit drugs and prescription pain-killers — accounted for nearly 41 percent of …
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Would Like to Get Help on Starting Up a Drug Rehab House in Taylorsville, NC 28681?

Question by rehab house: Would like to get help on starting up a drug rehab house in Taylorsville, NC 28681?
My son just returned from a rehab center. I would like to start up a rehab center close to home. We have no treatment centers in our area.

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Why Doesn’t Nicotine (Which Is a Drug) Treated the Same as Other Drug Addictions. Like Treatment Centers Paid

Question by breeze1: Why doesn’t nicotine (which is a drug) treated the same as other drug addictions. Like treatment centers paid
for by insurance and medicare. People who are drug tested positive for illegal drugs are often offered treatment as an option to losing their jobs. in fact drug… Continue reading

Teen Prescription Drug Abuse: How It Begins

Teen prescription drug abuse: how it begins

Filed under: prescription drug abuse

During October and November, the Healthy Kids blog examines the epidemic of teen prescription drug abuse through stories of teens and young adults in recovery, their parents and treatment experts. You'll get a first-hand look at a… Continue reading

New Study Says Black Men Live Longer if Incarcerated, Is This True?

Question by : New Study says Black men live longer if incarcerated, is this true?
http://jonathanturley.org/2011/07/15/study-black-men-live-longer-if-incarcerated/

Now here is a remarkably depressing study. According to a study published in the Annals of Epidemiology, black men are half as likely to die when they’re in prison than if they are… Continue reading