Controversy Plagues School Mental Health Screening

Published January 13, 2014

Controversy plagues school mental health screening

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Teachers in one South Florida school district screen children as young as kindergarten by filling out a short questionnaire, while students in Minnesota answer anonymous surveys about drug use and depression. In Olympia, Wash., 21,000 students were … Read more on News Sentinel

GW Pharmaceuticals PLC- ADR (GWPH): GW Pharmaceuticals – A Marijuana …

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The use of opioids frequently causes undesirable side effects such as constipation, sedation, respiratory depression and analgesic tolerance and also carries risk of addiction. Sativex has the potential to address a significant unmet need in this large … Read more on Seeking Alpha

DuPage Sheriff's deputies armed to fight the heroin highway

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“We are fighting every day to get this drug out of our community, but this new program will help us with those who are still battling the addiction.” Zaruba said heroin abuse spans across all socioeconomic backgrounds, effects young or old alike … Read more on The Doings Clarendon Hills