Mental Health, Alcohol and Drug Boards Meet Today

Mental health, alcohol and drug boards meet today

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… and drug boards meet today Staff Report newsminer.com | 0 comments. FAIRBANKS — Members of the Alaska Mental Health Board and the Advisory Board on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse hold their winter meeting today through Wednesday in Juneau.
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Data Show Santa Barbara with the Most Alcohol Retail Outlets Among Similar

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Santa Barbara has the highest number of retail outlets selling alcohol compared with California cities of similar size, according to new findings from the Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse. The group discovered that Santa Barbara has 57.6 alcohol …
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Wasted Lives: Getting to the heart of drug use

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"For some, drugs serve as an escape function." In a recent Queensland Alcohol and Drug Research and Education Centre survey of injecting drug users 69 per cent of respondents reported having depression and 48 per cent reported struggling with anxiety.
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Local Doctor Accused of Abusing Drugs and Alcohol

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A San Diego doctor could lose his medical license for abusing alcohol and powerful narcotics, including Oxycodone. And the president of the San Diego County Medical Society acknowledges that drug and alcohol abuse among doctors is a significant …
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