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What Is the Role of a Drug Intervention Specialist?

Question by ashtyn s: What is the role of a drug intervention specialist?
Why are drug interventions done when the person can just undergo addiction treatment?

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The role of a drug intervention specialist is to facilitate a drug intervention for the drug dependent… Continue reading

Trooper Miguel Avila Cleared After Shooting, Killing 2 Immigrants From Helicopter

Trooper Miguel Avila Cleared After Shooting, Killing 2 Immigrants From Helicopter

Filed under: Drug Abuse Texas

EDINBURG, Texas — A grand jury on Tuesday declined to indict a Texas trooper who fired from a helicopter on a fleeing pickup truck along the U.S.-Mexico border, killing two Guatemalan immigrants. Prosecutors in… Continue reading

Orange Is the New Black's Radical Critique of American Prisons

Orange Is the New Black's Radical Critique of American Prisons

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But anyone morally uncomfortable with the lockup of nonviolent drug offenders, or the inadequacy of rehab programs for inmates, or the prioritization of cost-cutting over adequate healthcare can find support in Piper and Tricia… Continue reading

12 Years a Slave and Mandela: Two Tales of Racism Survived

12 Years a Slave and Mandela: Two Tales of Racism Survived

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That cedes center screen to Naomie Harris's Winnie Mandela, the dimpled firebrand who preaches revolt in the streets while Nelson counsels talking with the politicians. … McQueen's previous films addressed intense subject matter… Continue reading

Best Treatment of Your Headache Varies With the Cause

Best treatment of your headache varies with the cause

Filed under: prescription drug abuse treatment

Prescription drugs are used during an attack, and preventive methods include medication, Botox injections and melatonin. • Migraine headaches may sometimes be a debilitating neurological condition. More people report being affected by migraine than …
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Involuntary Treatment for Addiction

Involuntary treatment for addiction

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Jennifer Benaim is a licensed psychotherapist, allowing her to diagnose and treat all mental-health issues and disorders. Please call (561) 745-8889 for help with any problem. She has extensive experience treating drug and alcohol abuse and dependence.
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The Granite House Announces New Chief Executive Officer

The Granite House Announces New Chief Executive Officer

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Beyond his many years of professional dedication to helping others impacted by addiction, Mr. Smith is personally acquainted with the effects of drug and alcohol abuse due to his years as an addict. After achieving and… Continue reading

Mirati Therapeutics Appoints Isan Chen as Chief Medical and Development

Mirati Therapeutics Appoints Isan Chen as Chief Medical and Development

Filed under: Texas Drug Treatment Centers

… indication in which the drug secured FDA approval in 2006. Before joining Pfizer, Dr. Chen practiced medicine as a staff physician at City of Hope Medical Center and later as an assistant… Continue reading

Tobacco Sales to Minors at Record Lows: Study

Tobacco Sales To Minors At Record Lows: Study

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Mike Synar of Oklahoma, is a federal mandate requiring each state to document that the rate of tobacco sales to minors is no more than 20 percent at the risk losing millions in federal funds… Continue reading

What Is Local Anesthesia?

What is local anesthesia?

Filed under: Texas Drug Abuse

Local anesthetics may be effective for treating neuropathic pain, researchers from the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas, reported in The Cochrane Library. … However, unlike cocaine, these drugs do not have the same abuse potential …
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