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UFC Heavyweight Stefan Struve Returns to Fighting After Health Scare

UFC heavyweight Stefan Struve returns to fighting after health scare

Filed under: Crack Cocaine Addiction Treatment

The seven-foot heavyweight expects to go under the knife at some point to fix the problem but his doctors have decided to use medication for the time being. … He also believes with his condition treated he'll be better than he was before his … Read more on Toronto Sun

 

Freedom fleeting for drug dealer with 'full-service' business

Filed under: Crack Cocaine Addiction Treatment

Despite Obamacare, a Gaping Hole in Addiction Treatment

Despite Obamacare, a gaping hole in addiction treatment

Filed under: alcohol and substance abuse

More than 23 million Americans needed treatment for an alcohol or drug problem in 2012 but only 11% received it, according to estimates from the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Under the decades-old … Read more on WTSP 10 News

 

New Helpline in Mamakating, NY Provides Substance Abuse Recovery

Filed under: alcohol and substance abuse

Heroin Addiction, Need for Mental Health Services Often Intertwined

Heroin addiction, need for mental health services often intertwined

Filed under: drug abuse and addiction treatment

Kyle Wirtz shared his story of heroin addiction at a town hall in Solon in October. His fatal February overdose shined a light on … addiction, mental health illness and suicide. Alcohol and drug abuse are the second most frequent risk factors to … Read more on The Plain Dealer

 

Helpline in Endwell, NY Helps Teens Find Substance Abuse Information

Filed under: drug abuse and addiction treatment

Help for Addiction ?????


Help for Addiction ????? – http://facebook.com/sobrietytelevision Learn about help for addiction. You can also find addiction treatment centers at findtreatment.samhsa.gov.

 

Parents Academy debunks 'marijuana myths,' talks teen drug use

Filed under: drug abuse effect

Bartwell, a former deputy director of Demand Reduction at the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy and past president of the American Society of Addiction Medicine, was speaking to Barrington-area parents as part of her Parents Academy … Read more on Suburban Life Publications

 

Concerns over use of unknown psychotropic drugs – Ravinder Singh and

California Drug Addiction Treatment Center


California Drug Addiction Treatment Center – http://www.CaliforniaAddictionNetwork.com – Our staff will emphasize on the need to keep yourself away from alcohol intake whenever possible, make alteration…

 

Helping the Helpers – the Recovery Team


Helping the Helpers – The Recovery Team – Drug and Alcohol addiction treatment for First Responders – The Recovery Team is a substance abuse facility in North Palm Beach, Florida. visit us on our web…

 

Will 'America'S Biggest Social Experiment' See the Country Go to Pot?

Will 'America's biggest social experiment' see the country go to pot?

Filed under: treatments for crack addiction

And now we see millions of people in the US in addiction treatment for marijuana. We see young kids now … Andre Murphy started smoking marijuana in his teens, and like many of his friends, quickly moved on to heroin, crack and prison. He's been clean … Read more on ABC Online

 

Bristol County District Attorney Sam Sutter announces bid for re-election

Filed under: treatments for crack addiction

How Come Nicotine Is Not a Schedule I Substance?

Question by me: How come nicotine is not a schedule I substance?
Nicotine meets all the criteria for being a schedule substance:
– The drug or other substance has a high potential for abuse.
-The drug or other substance has no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States.
– There is a lack of accepted safety for use of the drug or other substance under medical supervision.

Why is it not a schedule I substance or a II-V substance?? Isn’t it the one of the most addictive substances…? Why is THC labeled as a hallucinogen?
4Get the THC stuff, I don’t know why I added it in.

LePage's Drug Enforcement Bill Watered Down After Impassioned Debate Over

LePage's drug enforcement bill watered down after impassioned debate over

Filed under: treatment for methamphetamine addiction

Pease's amendment reduced the cost to a maximum of about $ 2.25 million, $ 2 million for enforcement — two judges, two prosecutors and 10 MDEA agents — plus $ 750,000 for existing drug addiction treatment programs. There was little disagreement about … Read more on Bangor Daily News

 

Heroin bill gets out of Kentucky House committee but faces uncertain future

Filed under: treatment for methamphetamine addiction

Court Date Pending and Im on Probation?

Question by Perla: Court Date Pending and Im On Probation?
Ok so last year in may i was with some friends and caught with drugs, my probation started on january 4, 2010, but in november or december of last year i was with some friends and they had some weed in the car and i got put in jail also, they gave me a class b misdeamnor for that, but i still wasnt on probation and it was in a completely different county…i have court on the 7th of april for the class b misdeamnor what is could possibly happen when i go…could i get revoked or what…i already have a steady job and am a proud father to a 3 month old, and I DO NOT have anything to do with drugs anymore…could someoneplease give me a serious answer because i want to know what to expect when i go to court id hate to leave my son and wife…
i am already taking substance abuse and aa classes…