Baltimore Center Launching LGBT-Focused Substance Abuse Recovery Program

Baltimore center launching LGBT-focused substance abuse recovery program

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Along the same lines, a Center for American Progress study released last year pointed to both stress triggered by antigay prejudices and "a lack of cultural competency in the health care system" as two reasons for the high substance abuse rate among …
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Russia joins UN Human Rights council, explores eastern cooperation

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1) drug use/abuse is illegal. Which will soon change as more people understand treatment is needed for drug abusers, not incarceration. 2) the U.S. doesn't go killing off mass amounts of their prison population. Russia, China, Iran, many Latin …
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Drugs and lack of safe housing part of Vancouver's mental health crisis:experts

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Rising drug use and a lack of safe housing are major factors in the problem that is overwhelming limited resources, experts say. St. Paul's … A 100-bed facility in Burnaby currently offers treatment to people who are both mentally ill and suffer from …
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