California Teen Substance Abuse Treatment – His Experience With Residential Treatment

California Teen Substance Abuse Treatment – His Experience with Residential Treatment – A client of the teen substance abuse treatment program at Center for Discovery talks about his experience in residential treatment. He discusses his first th…

The call that saves lives

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David Humes watched his son Greg struggle with an addiction to alcohol and drugs for seven years. That ended one … In Delaware, drug-overdose deaths increased nearly three-fold during the 2000s and are now the leading cause of death by injury in the …
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State's heroin problem growing, study shows

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Banta-Green found the largest increases in heroin use and abuse in Washington state were outside of metropolitan areas, where drug treatment and awareness are lowest. Overdose deaths from heroin or related prescription drugs more than doubled in …
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The claim that the incidence of rape resulting in pregnancy is 'very low'

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… of 12 and 45. The study was based on a survey of 4008 adult women, over a three-year period, which covered a range of questions on drug and alcohol abuse but also included questions intended to draw out information on sexual assaults. … G …
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Editorial — Rebuilding Shattered Lives

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According to statistics from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, approximately 23 million Americans (one out of 10 people above age 12) suffers from a dependency to alcohol and/or drugs. To expand the statistics further, approximately 7.5 million (10 …
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