substance abuse

Mental Health Month Brings Focus to Hoosier Prescription Drug Abuse

Mental Health Month brings focus to Hoosier prescription drug abuse
While news of celebrity deaths and arrests related to drug abuse may seem like isolated events, the dramatic increase of opiate addiction is a widespread epidemic to which Hoosiers are not immune. May is Mental Health Month, which provides an… Continue reading

Weymouth Council Appoints Committee on Drug Abuse – Wicked Local Weymouth

Weymouth council appoints committee on drug abuse – Wicked Local Weymouth

Weymouth council appoints committee on drug abuse
Wicked Local Weymouth
WEYMOUTH – The town council has formed a new committee charged with tackling substance abuse issues in an effort to further raise awareness of the drug problem and help… Continue reading

Mystery of Toronto Mayor's Whereabouts Deepens

Mystery of Toronto mayor's whereabouts deepens
The trial of a 75-year-old Missouri woman accused of shooting her husband almost 40 years ago in Wyoming went to jurors Tuesday after she testified she acted to protect her toddler daughter from abuse and prosecutors. … U of Utah president backs …
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Probation Lets Man Go to Rehab

Probation lets man go to rehab
Circuit Judge Karen Ahn sentenced John Troedson to four years' probation, required him to stay in substance abuse treatment programs and ordered him to repay First Hawaiian Bank $ 31,819 at a hearing Wednesday that also included comments from …
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Life Change — Connect With Counselors and Support Groups for Addiction Recovery

Life Change — Connect with Counselors and Support Groups for Addiction Recovery — https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/life-change-addiction-recovery/id667855654?ls=1&mt=8 According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administrati…


New group aims to support recovering meth users
If the individual desires to get off the drug or they are currently using and feel powerless to… Continue reading

Iran Official Raises Alarm Over Drug Abuse in Government – Al-Monitor

Iran official raises alarm over drug abuse in government – Al-Monitor

Iran official raises alarm over drug abuse in government
Al-Monitor
TEHRAN, Iran — Babak Dinparast, the Deputy for Treatment and Prevention of the Iranian Anti-Drug Agency, visited the National Institute of Addiction Studies at the Tehran University of… Continue reading