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A Vaccine to Curb Addicts' Highs

A Vaccine to Curb Addicts' Highs

Filed under: drug addiction treatment

What would such a vaccine mean to a cocaine addict like Shirelle? Her body would treat the drug like an invading germ and produce antibodies that bind to it and change its size and shape. The cocaine she ingested, which once would have crossed into her …
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Hungover at Work During the Holiday Season?

Filed under: drug addiction treatment

MATForce Lunch 'N Learn Focuses on Prescription Drug Abuse, a Silent Epidemic

MATForce Lunch 'n Learn focuses on prescription drug abuse, a silent epidemic

Filed under: prescription drug addiction

This presentation is part of the Governor's Office Prescription Drug Abuse Reduction Project, which MATForce and Yavapai County have been asked to pilot for the state. The Lunch 'n Learn will be held on Thursday, Nov. 29, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at …
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Prescription drugs causing property crime increase

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Hopelinks Now Provides New Live Chat to Help Addicts Find Treatment

Hopelinks Now Provides New Live Chat to Help Addicts Find Treatment

Filed under: addiction help chat

In addition to the current services that they provide online, they now offer a 24/7 Live Chat feature as well as being available by telephone to help with an addiction problem. The newly redesigned site has undergone changes that will benefit everyone …
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Hazelden Partners with Inflexxion to Develop New Program for Adolescents in

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North Carolina Live in Rehab Center?

Question by bubblegumluver88: North Carolina live in rehab center?
I live in Pennsylvania and our local radio station featured a link about a North Carolina live-in rehab center. I can’t remember the link. I was wondering if anybody knew about it. They said that you live there, and it is talked about because of how great it is.

Best answer:

Answer by blessingseday
I have lived in NC most of my life and know lots of rehab places! What kind are you talking about ? Drug/alcohol? Physical? Learning disabilities?…
http://alcoholism.about.com/od/tx_nc/North_Carolina_Treatment_Centers.htm
maybe the link will have some answers for you! Good luck!

Summit Yields One-of-a-Kind Opportunity to Reduce Prescription Drug Overdoses

Summit Yields One-of-a-Kind Opportunity To Reduce Prescription Drug Overdoses

Filed under: prescription drug addiction

16, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ –Today, a not-for-profit organization presenting at the Delaware Prescription Drug Abuse Summit appealed to the event's host, Attorney General Beau Biden, for assistance in preventing medication overdoses. The Center …
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Teens Abuse Prescription ADHD Drugs, Too

Filed under: prescription drug addiction

Regardless of the slang or street names, they're actually stimulants like 'Ritalin' and 'Adderall', which are commonly prescribed to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). But like many other prescription drugs, they are getting in the …
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6 Resources Offer Help to Family Caregivers as the Holidays and New Year

6 Resources Offer Help to Family Caregivers as the Holidays and New Year

Filed under: drug abuse hotline

My Medicare Matters can guide people to review their prescription drug coverage and decide what plan best meets their needs. … The Eldercare Locator (www.eldercare.gov) from n4a and the U.S. Administration on Aging offers a toll-free hotline (1-800 …
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The voices of caseworkers

Filed under: drug abuse hotline