Conference Addresses Substance Abuse Treatment – AAP News

Conference addresses substance abuse treatment – AAP News

Filed under: drug abuse treatment

Conference addresses substance abuse treatment. Pediatricians can learn best practices for addressing substance use by patients or family members, and suggestions on how to implement these practices at an AAP-sponsored conference April 26-28 in …
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Judge tosses treatment center lawsuit

Filed under: drug abuse treatment

A federal judge Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit filed against the McHenry County Mental Health Board by a local drug- and alcohol-abuse treatment center over $ 1.1 million in funding that the board wants back. The lawsuit filed last October by The Advantage …
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Treatment over jail for drug use

Filed under: drug abuse treatment

Changing Colorado's drug sentencing laws to encourage treatment over incarceration for low-level users is an enlightened way to take on the destructive force of addiction. We hope the Colorado legislature passes a bill that would broadly revise the …
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From Twitter:

RT @PressHerald: Our View: State should lift limits on drug abuse treatment. What’s your view? http://t.co/fPnxxp0EoE – by MEI95thm (The Highway Monitor)

 

From Twitter:

RT @PeerHelpers: About 15% of adults entering substance abuse treatment reported marijuana as the primary drug of abuse #AnOunceOfTruth – by mckieffer13 (Melanie Kieffer)

 

From Twitter:

US health law mixed for W.Va. drug abuse efforts: But with only 558 treatment center beds, West Virginia alrea… http://t.co/FpbTrm3j2D – by serenitynews (Adam Edvalson)