State Ranks High in Mental Illness, Addiction

State ranks high in mental illness, addiction

Filed under: drug abuse treatments

On any given day we have 600 to 900 Oklahomans who've actually made the step to ask for substance abuse treatment. They've had an assessment. They need residential inpatient services, and every single bed in the state is full. · How does Oklahoma's …
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Elk River Treatment Program Reports on Adolescent Prescription Drug Abuse

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The Elk River Treatment Program's recent research suggests that adolescent males are more likely to be diagnosed with ADHD or ADD and as a result these males are treated with stimulant medication. When stimulant medication is abused by males they …
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WV Congressional Democrats introduce RX drug abuse legislation

Filed under: drug abuse treatments

West Virginia's Democratic Congressional representatives recently re-introduced legislation they first pushed in 2011, the Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, which is aimed at decreasing the number of opioid and methadone-related …
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Sure You've Paid Taxes Before, But Have You Ever Paid Taxes….ON WEED?

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… Representative Earl Blumenauer, is preparing to release a policy paper indicating that a federal tax of $ 50 per ounce could raise $ 20 billion a year in tax revenue, which ironically enough, would be used in part to fund substance abuse treatment …
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