The Silent High: Prescription Drug Abuse
The Silent High: Prescription Drug Abuse – Hazelden in Chicago’s clinical director David Cohen is featured in this news piece from ABC’s Chicago affiliate regarding prescription drug abuse and its pat…
Prescription drug addiction: an equal-opportunity disease
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For many addicts, getting off drugs is just the first step in months of treatment. Now, addicts can find help at the brand new Recovery Center Missoula. The doors opened in mid-April, and staff gave NBC Montana and Missoulian reporter Keila Szpaller a …
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Minn. doctors on front lines in prescription drug abuse
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These are living examples of how severe prescription drugs abuses in Minnesota have become, Carol Falkowski, a long-time state drug abuse safety officer, told members of the Minnesota Medical Association at a forum on Thursday. "We have a prescription …
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History of drug abuse: Missoula woman fights prescription addiction for years …
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Stanich died two months ago to the day, a victim of the prescription drug addiction that dogged her from the age of 16. She'd been to rehab … “She called my mom and said, 'I need help and you need to help me,' ” Montes said. She went, voluntarily, to …
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Prescription drug use among teens a crisis in Missoula
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Melody Barnes, a longtime Missoula addiction counselor, first started seeing the prescription drug problem among teenagers around 2005. “Usually … “There's a lot of pressure to perform, and people don't feel like they will do well if they don't get …
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