Pennsylvania Medical Society Threatening to Pull Support for Statewide Drug …
Pennsylvania Medical Society threatening to pull support for statewide drug …
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Pennsylvania has an existing database that provides the Attorney General's office with information about prescriptions for extremely addictive drugs. The proposed expansion would allow doctors to access the database and add a number of other …
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Why the French are Fighting Over Work Hours
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The entrenchment of 24/7 capitalism in the U.S.—which has forced many parents to work late hours, or hold down multiple jobs—has gone hand in hand with various negative social trends: rising divorce rates, child obesity, drug use, teen pregnancy …
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End of Silk Road for drug users as FBI shuts down illicit website
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Prosecutors on Wednesday described Ulbricht as a criminal mastermind who built an illegal drug empire that they estimated had $ 1.2 billion in sales over the last three years, earning him $ 80 million. Silk Road was the drug world's equivalent of EBay …
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“AN EVENING OF HOPE WITH CHRIS HERREN AND LEARN TO COPE”
Event on 2013-11-06 19:00:00
Learn to Cope, a statewide support network for parents and family members affected by addiction, is partnering with Hampden County District Attorney Mark Mastroianni and Hampden County Sheriff Michael Ashe to kick-off its newest chapter in Western Massachusetts with “An Evening of Hope” on Wednesday, November 6, 2013 at 7 p.m. at the Basketball Hall of Fame! Chris Herren, former NBA basketball player and founder of the Herren Project which helps to raise awareness and assists individuals and families struggling with addiction, will be the featured speaker. Chris will introduce Learn to Cope’s newest chapter by sharing his powerful journey of addiction and recovery. The event is free and open to the public.
Currently, there is an epidemic of prescription drug, heroin, and other dangerous drug use here in Massachusetts and across the country. Learn to Cope has 10 active chapters in Massachusetts and a resourceful website with over 4000 registered members. These chapters and the website are free, confidential and supportive. Our chapters offer hope, education, resources and support. You can visit Learn to Cope’s website at www.learn2cope.org.
Learn to Cope offers peer support, which, in turn, assists a family in motivating their loved one to treatment. Many young people find recovery that can begin with their family having the support and education they need. This not only benefits the family, it benefits the community as a whole.
When Joanne Peterson founded Learn to Cope in 2004, she desperately needed help for her son. Today, he is in long term recovery.
Learn to Cope also is a pilot for the Department of Public Health’s Narcan program and offers overdose awareness education and Narcan training and kits that families can take home to use in an emergency.
at Basketball Hall of Fame
1000 West Columbus Avenue
Barre, United States