Collision Course: Teen Addiction Epidemic / www.PathwayToPrevention.org
Collision Course: Teen Addiction Epidemic / www.PathwayToPrevention.org – http://www.pathwaytoprevention.org/ Teen drug addiction has a devastating effect on our youth, their families and our community. Teens drop out of school, th…
Ohio sees record high heroin overdose deaths
A decade of unrestricted prescribing of painkillers led to an addicted population,… Continue reading
Alcoholism rehab leader forays into $23B opium addiction treatment market
Alcoholism rehab leader forays into B opium addiction treatment market
Los Angeles, CA, United States (4E) – A novel addiction treatment technology for alcoholics may also treat opioid or heroin dependence, which affects five million people in the U.S. and results to some 17,000 deaths yearly. Kent Emry, CEO of… Continue reading
Heroin Addicts Face Barriers To Treatment
Heroin Addicts Face Barriers To Treatment
Of the 23.1 million Americans who needed treatment for drugs or alcohol in 2012, only 2.5 million people received aid at a specialty facility, according to the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Heroin addicts are a … Read more on NPR… Continue reading
Vermont's Heroin Problems in “Rolling Stone”
Vermont's Heroin Problems in “Rolling Stone”
Heroin, Meth, pills and alcoholism have all been a huge problem around here. Still, even as we watched people my age rapidly … We'd better start to… treatment after the fact is so much harder than prevention. We have the advantage of being a… Continue reading
Mother on cocaine binge gives birth in bathtub, officials say
Mother on cocaine binge gives birth in bathtub, officials say
Chrystal Hassell. View Large. Photos. Chrystal Hassell. An infant is in critical condition days after his mother says she gave birth in an Ocala motel bathtub while on a crack cocaine binge. Florida mug shots: April 15. See the latest… Continue reading