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Violence, drugs in Mexico - Bangor Daily News

June 30, 2010 - 7:44pm

Violence, drugs in Mexico
Bangor Daily News
Joseph Califano, chairman of the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University and former secretary of Health, Education and ...

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Florida drug deaths up 20%; new wave of addiction feared - MiamiHerald.com

June 30, 2010 - 4:53pm

Florida drug deaths up 20%; new wave of addiction feared
MiamiHerald.com
Two separate reports released this week by James C. Hall, director of Nova Southeastern University's Center for the Study and Prevention of Substance Abuse, ...

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Parents can spot teen drug use and take steps to prevent it - PR Web (press release)

June 30, 2010 - 2:53pm

Parents can spot teen drug use and take steps to prevent it
PR Web (press release)
... addiction specialist at Hazelden's Center for Youth and Families says, "You don't have to be an addict to experience problems from substance use. ...

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Boyle jail program helping inmates battle substance abuse - Danville Advocate

June 30, 2010 - 10:21am

Boyle jail program helping inmates battle substance abuse
Danville Advocate
The jail is one of the most recent facilities approved to take in up to 40 state inmates for a six-month Substance Abuse Program and one of the last to ...

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Associations of Housing Status With Substance Abuse Treatment and Service Use ... - Psychiatric Services (subscription)

June 30, 2010 - 8:09am

Associations of Housing Status With Substance Abuse Treatment and Service Use ...
Psychiatric Services (subscription)
Ms. Malte, Dr. Baer, Dr. Kivlahan, and Dr. Saxon are with the VA Center of Excellence in Substance Abuse Treatment and Education, VA Puget Sound Health Care ...

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Orange North support groups - Times Herald-Record

June 30, 2010 - 1:16am

Orange North support groups
Times Herald-Record
ADAPT support group — For parents, friends and family members of those with substance-abuse problems, 7 pm every other Thurs., Milford Presbyterian Church, ...

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Savannah woman, formerly homeless, now works to help others - Savannah Morning News

June 29, 2010 - 11:20pm

Savannah woman, formerly homeless, now works to help others
Savannah Morning News
Eight years ago, Wilson was linked up with housing, a substance abuse program and a job. "It took a whole year for me to detox and realize I didn't need ...

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Louisiana Reports Oil Spill Illnesses - Newsinferno.com

June 29, 2010 - 1:06pm

Louisiana Reports Oil Spill Illnesses
Newsinferno.com
“These are early warning signs of developing substance abuse and dependence, mental illness, suicide and familial breakdown including divorce, spouse abuse ...

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The Case for Treating Drug Addicts in Prison - Newsweek

June 29, 2010 - 6:51am

Newsweek
The Case for Treating Drug Addicts in Prison
Newsweek
Of the 2.3 million inmates in the US, more than half have a history of substance abuse and addiction. Not all those inmates are imprisoned on drug-related ...

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Drinking does not have to be a lifestyle - Daily Eastern News

June 29, 2010 - 12:20am

Drinking does not have to be a lifestyle
Daily Eastern News
According to the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University, 3.8 million full-time college students in the country, ...

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Treatment programs cut, while heroin abuse tops nation - Chicago Daily Herald

June 29, 2010 - 12:12am

Treatment programs cut, while heroin abuse tops nation
Chicago Daily Herald
• The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, US Department of Health and Human Services at ...

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162 cases of illness linked to oil spill reported in Louisiana - CNN

June 28, 2010 - 7:52pm

CNN
162 cases of illness linked to oil spill reported in Louisiana
CNN
"These are early warning signs of developing substance abuse and dependence, mental illness, suicide and familial breakdown including divorce, spouse abuse ...

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162 cases of illness linked to oil spill reported in Louisiana - CNN

June 28, 2010 - 6:06pm

162 cases of illness linked to oil spill reported in Louisiana
CNN
"These are early warning signs of developing substance abuse and dependence, mental illness, suicide and familial breakdown including divorce, spouse abuse ...

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When your co-worker has a problem - Montreal Gazette

June 28, 2010 - 11:00am

When your co-worker has a problem
Montreal Gazette
Like so many social ills, substance abuse can appear in the workplace. And, given the frequency of drug and alcohol use, chances are good you'll work with ...

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Researchers: Ignoring Stress Leads Recoving Addicts to More Cravings - Gant Daily

June 28, 2010 - 10:53am

Researchers: Ignoring Stress Leads Recoving Addicts to More Cravings
Gant Daily
UNIVERSITY PARK – Recovering addicts who avoid coping with stress succumb easily to substance use cravings, making them more likely to relapse during ...

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Salem to debate methadone ordinance - The Salem News

June 28, 2010 - 5:14am

Salem to debate methadone ordinance
The Salem News
Community Substance Abuse Centers, which had proposed a clinic at the former Jeffery Brothers building on Canal Street, has now abandoned that plan, ...

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New Clearbrook treatment center to be dedicated - Citizens Voice

June 28, 2010 - 3:18am

Citizens Voice
New Clearbrook treatment center to be dedicated
Citizens Voice
WILKES-BARRE - For almost 30 years, attorney Arthur Piccone has overseen the expansion of alcohol and substance abuse treatment programs at Clearbrook Inc. ...

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HOMELESS IN EAST COUNTY: EL CAJON MOTHER OF THREE RECOUNTS TRAGIC LIFE - East County Magazine

June 27, 2010 - 8:32pm

HOMELESS IN EAST COUNTY: EL CAJON MOTHER OF THREE RECOUNTS TRAGIC LIFE
East County Magazine
However, Lucy says the seeds of substance abuse and abandonment issues were sown early. “We used to go to my grandmother's house on the southwestern coast ...

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The Disease of Addiction Growing in the suburbs through the abuse of ... - The Star-Ledger - NJ.com (blog)

June 27, 2010 - 2:04pm

The Disease of Addiction Growing in the suburbs through the abuse of ...
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com (blog)
Now the latest serious substance abuse 'fad' is prescription drug abuse. Know one can doubt the insidious nature of this legal addiction but the speed of ...

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For Your Health ... - Foster's Daily Democrat

June 27, 2010 - 2:16am

For Your Health ...
Foster's Daily Democrat
SEABROOK — The Adolescent Substance Abuse Program of Seacoast Mental Health Center and Seacoast Youth Services offers a Stepping Out program. ...

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