Prescription Drugs

How Bad Is an Other Than Honorable Discharge on Your Record?

Question by mrskerlin: How bad is an other than honorable discharge on your record?
My stepson is getting kicked out of the Army with an other than honorable – the reason of drug abuse. Will he have a hard time getting a career type job when he grows up… Continue reading →

Can You Really Put Someone in Alabama in Rehab With 3 Signatures?

Question by Mrs.Reymond: Can you really put someone in alabama in rehab with 3 signatures?
My dad has a really bad drinking problem and he is really bad on pot he has been this was for 20 years and we are all really worried about him he drinks 2… Continue reading →

Legislative Preview: Judiciary Chairs Tackle Prescription Drugs, but Otherwise …

Legislative preview: Judiciary chairs tackle prescription drugs, but otherwise …

Filed under: prescription drug addiction

… and Senate Judiciary chairs agree that an urgent criminal justice problem facing Vermont is increased abuse of prescription drugs, but they otherwise diverge on their legislative plans for the next session. “Prescription drug… Continue reading →

You Ever Feel Ashamed the Morning After Heavy Drinking and Partying?

Question by Pushtostart: You ever feel ashamed the morning after heavy drinking and partying?
you ever think back on the night before (well what you can remember from it) all crazy things you did and feel sort of ashamed? That mixed with a hangover. I get that sometimes, doesn’t… Continue reading →

Richard Roper: Legalize Pot and Gamble With Our Kids' Futures

Richard Roper: Legalize pot and gamble with our kids' futures

Filed under: drug addiction treatment centers

Addressing drug-abuse problems is best handled not by arresting our way out of the problem, but by relying on a comprehensive approach consisting of prevention, enforcement and treatment programs. Under this model, overall drug… Continue reading →

Brain Surgery for Opioid Dependence

Brain Surgery for Opioid Dependence

Filed under: drug treatment centers

If there is a future for addiction treatment using stereotactic brain surgery, DBS is likely to become the procedure of choice, given the preference by the scientific community for non-permanent interventions. The recent follow-up study found that …
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