The Voices of Caseworkers

Published November 12, 2012

The voices of caseworkers

Filed under: Drug Abuse Denver

(Craig F. Walker, The Denver Post). mean getting treatment for the child and a parent, … Without proof of drug use, there wasn't legal grounds to take custody of the kids — a filthy apartment alone isn't enough. After three years as a caseworker …
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Editorial: A prescription for drug abuse

Filed under: Drug Abuse Denver

According to a recent Denver Post story by reporter Michael Booth, a local U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration official estimates that "doctors and pharmacies are checking a Colorado registry meant to deter abuse only 10 to 15 percent of the time …
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Adolescent abuse of prescription painkillers soars

Filed under: Drug Abuse Denver

Teenagers are accessing and abusing prescription analgesics at a rate higher than any generation before them, according to a new analysis of data drawn from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) for 1985 through 2009. Researchers from the …
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