prescription drug abuse

Texas Daybook

Texas Daybook

Filed under: Texas Drug Abuse

AUSTIN, Texas — Members of the Texas state Senate Criminal Justice Committee hear testimony on current trends on prescription drug abuse and plan to make recommendations to enhance drug abuse prevention and intervention programs. 10 a.m. Texas …
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National Experts in Chronic Pain Treatment and Drug Monitoring to Discuss

National Experts in Chronic Pain Treatment and Drug Monitoring to Discuss

Filed under: drug treatment centers

John F. Peppin, D.O., F.A.C.P., Associate Medical Director, Hospice of the Bluegrass;; Steven D. Passik, Ph.D., Professor of Psychiatry and Anesthesiology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center;; Paul J. Christo, M.D., M.B.A., Associate Professor, The… Continue reading

Is There a Certain Age You Have to Be to Take the “Alcohol and Substance Abuse” Class to Get a Permit?

Question by sheritol: is there a certain age you have to be to take the “alcohol and substance abuse” class to get a permit?
My daughter willbe 15 in may and wants to take the class now – can she do this and if so, where can I check… Continue reading

Medical Board OKs News Rules to Combat Prescription Drug Abuse

Medical Board OKs news rules to combat prescription drug abuse

Filed under: drug addiction help line

… first of all should be educated about this problem of opioid abuse and diversion but also about how to treat chronic pain,” said Steven Jenkusky, a psychiatrist and medical director for the Behavioral… Continue reading

Drug Addiction : How to Help Someone With a Meth Addiction


 

Drug Addiction : How to Help Someone with a Meth Addiction – To help someone with a meth addiction, the first thing you need to do is make them aware of your concerns for their wellbeing. Start helping someone with a meth addiction by using advice from a practicing… Continue reading

Law Enforcement Struggles to Control Rising Prescription Drug Abuse

Law enforcement struggles to control rising prescription drug abuse

Filed under: drug addiction news 2008

In what Cooper referred to as a “plague” sweeping the state, even counties with successful narcotics task forces — such as Burke — are struggling to cope with the rising figures on prescription drug abuse.… Continue reading

Funny Whitney Houston Interview


 

Funny Whitney Houston Interview – Jay Leno interviews Whitney Houston about drug use

 

Georgia OL Kolton Houston still ineligible due to banned substance

Filed under: Houston Drug Use

According to appeals documents filed with the NCAA and president Mark Emmert, Houston has continued to test positive since then,… Continue reading

Local Authorities Offer Drug-Testing Kits to Parents

Local authorities offer drug-testing kits to parents

Filed under: drug addiction help for parents

Area law enforcement agencies, including the Phelps County Sheriff's Department, Rolla City Police Department and the Phelps County Prosecuting Attorney's office, will soon be teaming up with local parents in a partnership designed to help… Continue reading

Would This Be Considered “Betraying the Family”?

Question by Cybele: Would this be considered “betraying the family”?
My sister, who is 20 and at university discusses our family’s financial problems and our mother’s drug addiction (to prescription tranquilizers) with her boyfriend. My mother considers this to be a “betrayal” and thinks that my sister should be… Continue reading

Attorney General Comes to Staten Island to Tout Prescription Drug Abuse Law

Attorney General Comes to Staten Island to Tout Prescription Drug Abuse Law

Filed under: christian drug addiction help

STATEN ISLAND — Attorney General Eric Schneiderman called the new law to attempt to curb prescription drug abuse a nationwide model at a press conference today. Schneiderman spoke at the Beacon Christian… Continue reading