Letter: More State Funding Needed to Treat Addiction

Letter: More State Funding Needed to Treat Addiction

Filed under: drug addiction treatment options

Clients are treated for their substance abuse problems, receive psychiatric evaluations and treatment, get their medications stabilized in a safe environment, and have access to primary care including physicals, testing, and coordination of care and …
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Study Suggests that Hallucinogens May Promote Drug-Resistant Behavior

Filed under: drug addiction treatment options

The study found that hallucinogen treatments predicted a reduced likelihood of inmates with a history of substance abuse issues from becoming repeat-offenders and/or failing court-ordered supervision requirements. “A study like this may seem …
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Slop-Bucket Reality for Aboriginals Missing Canada Boom

Filed under: drug addiction treatment options

An Ipsos Reid survey of 1,023 Canadians conducted online last year found 64 percent agreed with the statement “Canada's aboriginal peoples receive too much support from Canadian taxpayers,” and 62 percent said aboriginals are treated well by the …
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Parents cheer as Northern Valley school board rejects random drug testing

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Instead they would have been directed to treatment. But the Northern Valley Regional controversy magnified key questions any district's officials and parents must grapple with in confronting the anguishing problem of teen drug abuse: How big is the …
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