We the People

Published May 12, 2013

We the People

Filed under: drug addiction treatment statistics

66% percent of adults in treatment for drug abuse reported being abused as children. 80% of young adults who suffered child abuse or neglect, met criteria for at least one … Healthcare for mental illnesses and substance abuse… Child welfare and …
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SCAI 2013: Hypothermic Treatment Improves Survival for Younger Sufferers of …

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Substance abuse was found to be the cause of cardiac arrest in 38 percent of those under 65 years of age. The younger cohort also had a better chance, 71 percent, of being released from the hospital following treatment. About 36 percent of elderly …
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Schools Take On Social Work Amid High Unemployment, Drug Abuse

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Her organization's clinic in McDowell County is treating 24 people for opiate addiction and has 143 others on a waiting list for the telemedicine program. The drug problem become so severe that officials opened a juvenile program inside the school so …
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