Holiday Stress Can Amplify Mental Health and Substance Abuse Issues
Holiday Stress Can Amplify Mental Health and Substance Abuse Issues
Filed under: drug addiction and drug abuse
Kids who are suffering from drug abuse and other internal problems can use the holiday stress we all experience to intensify their own destructive behavior because with all the free time away from school the opportunities are endless for them to feed … Read more on Huffington Post (blog)
Lincoln drug treatment workers, police seeing more addiction woes
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“Before the situation was that we would see an older group of people, probably more in their late 30s and 40s, that had mental health [and drug addiction] problems,” Greenleaf said Tuesday. “Now we are seeing people using drugs at a much younger age, … Read more on Bangor Daily News
Leave drug addiction treatment out of your austerity cuts, experts warn …
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The number of reported new infections among drug users in Greece shot up from 22 in 2010 to 245 in 2011, according to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control — despite a general decline in the European Union. Experts blame the rise on … Read more on The Independent