Make the Connection: Adolescent Chemical Dependency Treatment and Recovery

Make the Connection: Adolescent Chemical Dependency Treatment and Recovery – This video is aimed at parents and others concerned about adolescents who have problems with substance abuse. The film describes adolescent addiction and treatment in interviews by parents, adolescents, and treatment providers. This video was updated from the original version produced in 2007 by the Washington State Division of Alcohol and Substance Abuse (now Division of Behavioral Health & Recovery), funded by the national Center for Substance Abuse Prevention. The video was updated in May 2012 to add current contacts for the Washington State Recovery Help Line and other resources.

As crack devastates Brazil's cities, debate surges over the forced commitment …

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The units, housed in metal containers, bring doctors, nurses, therapists and social workers to the areas where users concentrate. Slowly, by offering health care and other help, the units' workers gain the trust of users and refer them to treatment …
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Doctors urged to counsel tweens on tobacco dangers

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Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable death in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Each day, more than 3,800 youths ages 12 to 17 smoke their first cigarette, and 1,000 people in that age group …
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Will New York approve medical marijuana?

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And this fall, voters in Washington and Colorado made possession of small amounts of marijuana legal. (Voters rejected a similar measure in Oregon.) In New York … “It's a psychotropic drug,” says Brad Finn, the executive director of Prevention …
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