San Francisco Drug Users Bring Harm Reduction to the Streets
San Francisco drug users bring harm reduction to the streets
Filed under: drug abuse treatment association inc
For example, there are methadone clinics and substance abuse recovery programs. One of the programs … Used syringes can spread infectious diseases like HIV or Hepatitis C. New syringes eliminate that risk, so needle exchanges have drawn the support …
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Curtis Trotter: Addiction: Why can't they just stop?
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Music Therapy and Military Populations: An Update
Music Therapy and Military Populations: An Update
Filed under: Massachusetts Drug Rehab Centers
Music therapy services are an integral part of care delivered in military treatment facilities and VA medical centers throughout the US. Board-certified music therapists serve as members of patient-centered interdisciplinary teams. They work alongside …
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Addiction Meds Effective but Buprenorphine a Better Bet?
Filed under: Massachusetts Drug Rehab Centers
They are part of the "Assessing the Evidence Base Series," commissioned by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) through a contract with Truven Health Analytics of Cambridge, Massachusetts. The MMT efficacy review …
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Benedum Foundation, FMFWV Partnering to Battle Prescription Drug Abuse
Benedum Foundation, FMFWV partnering to battle prescription drug abuse
Filed under: drug abuse treatment plans
“One unique health issues challenging health care providers in West Virginia is the treatment of chronic pain. While many legitimate chronic pain sufferers exist, West Virginia has become a state plagued by prescription drug abuse. This abuse has …
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These 'Bitcoins For Marijuana' Try To Solve Legal Weed's Big Heist Problem
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Questions About Drug Abuse?
Question by Zugoo: Questions about drug abuse?
Hello, i have a project about drugs, but i need some questions to write about before i start.
Does anyone have any idea for some questions about how to fight drug abuse by teenagers?
Thank you!
Best answer:
Answer by Casey
Projects start with research.
Google ” Illegal drugs and teens”
or “Is marijuana addictive for some all or none.”
http://alcoholism.about.com/od/pot/a/bla…
http://alcoholism.about.com/cs/pot/f/mjp…
http://www.nida.nih.gov/infofacts/mariju…
http://www.5min.com/Video/Long-term-Affe…
Who Here Thinks That Marijuana Should Be Legalized. I Do!?
Question by William S: Who here thinks that marijuana should be legalized. I do!?
Estimated U.S. deaths in 2000 attributed to:
Tobacco (Average 1990 – 94): …………………………… 430,700 (1)
Alcohol (1996): …………………………………………. 110,640 (2)
Adverse Reactions to Prescription Drugs (1982 / 1998): .. 32,000 (3)
Suicide (1998): ………………………………………….. 30,575 (4)
Homicide (1998): ……………………………………….. 18,272 (5)
All licit and illicit drug-induced deaths (1998): …………. 16,926 (6)
Non-Steroidal Anti- Inflammatory Drugs (1992):………… 7,600 (7)
Marijuana: ……………………………………………… 0 (8)
You cannot die from marijuana!
“The largest study of its kind has unexpectedly concluded that smoking marijuana, even regularly and heavily, does not lead to lung cancer.”