Grieving parents urge mental health changes

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The solution is: Family, Parents, Sibling should have Legal Rights to Force their ill and addicted Family Members into In Patient Treatment against their drug induced and or mentally ill will and not letting them out until treatment is completed …
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Prescription Pill Use Falling as More Heroin Addicts Seek Treatment

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The study by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration also says the rate of pill abuse by 12- to 17-year-olds dropped from 9.2 percent to 8.7 percent during that same time span. Meanwhile, behavioral health also seems to be …
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Four Corners deals with complexities of drug abuse

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Secondly, if an opiate abuser can't find or can't afford the type of pill they are used to, they may turn to heroin, which has become easily available in Carbon County, according to both law enforcement and substance abuse treatment professionals …
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Drug Addiction, Smoking Cessation Can Be Treated Concurrently

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"Despite the pervasiveness and deadly consequences of smoking in addicted individuals, smoking-cessation treatment is typically not provided in substance use disorder treatment programs due, in part, to concern that it might impact negatively on …
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