America’s Most Abused Drugs (Mental Health Guru)
America’s Most Abused Drugs (Mental Health Guru) – From alcohol and cigarettes to prescription painkillers, many addictive drugs exist. Watch this to learn the most common. mental.healthguru.com
Study examines substance abuse in child welfare
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By Eric Lindberg – A new federal grant will enable Dorian Traube, assistant professor at the USC School of Social Work, to explore the causes and consequences of a vicious intergenerational cycle of substance abuse among those involved in the child …
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CLAAD Highlights 5 Technologies To Reduce Prescription Drug Abuse
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27, 2012 — /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — At today's National Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention Policy Consensus Meeting, the not-for-profit Center for Lawful Access and Abuse Deterrence (CLAAD) announced the results of its national contest to identify …
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Guest Post: The secret world of healthcare drug addiction
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Drug Addiction. Despite progressive treatments and therapies, these two words still tend to be associated with deviancy and compulsive behaviors that are looked down upon among the general population. So when compounded with the notion of drug …
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State police warn heroin use in Central Kentucky on the rise
Filed under: drug abuse
(WKYT) – They've had some success cracking down on meth and prescription drug abuse in Kentucky, but police say that's also sparked another drug problem in our state. Police say they're finding heroin more often as drug dealers look for other ways to …
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