Archive for the ‘Adolescent Substance Abuse’ Category

Zac Efron — Friends Believe He's Into Drugs, Not Sushi
There were a number of reports Zac went to rehab twice last year to kick his cocaine habit. But sources now tell us … Zac NEVER went to rehab. Both times he went to a friend's house outside California and received private therapy — but that's it …
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Street preacher faces legal trouble
On that Sunday, he probably had no idea that only days later police would search the home and he'd be escorted in handcuffs from his home at 1038 Hamilton St. — the headquarters for his nonprofit program for at-risk youth — accused of drug activity …
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Question by _Chantel_: Alcohol detox? Ideas.?
Does anyone know of any good alcohol detox or rehabs in Arizona?

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Answer by ticklemeblue
Write the Dr. Phil show…they should be able to direct you to a good one.

Answer by Jeanette M
http://www.addictionsearch.com/treatment/AZ/arizona.html

http://www.drug-rehab-center.org/Arizona.htm

http://www.hopelinks.net/drug-detox/arizona/3.html

http://www.hopelinks.net/drug-detox/arizona/2.html

A slow recovery after surviving heroin overdose
Alcohol, cigarettes and drugs cost America $ 510 billion in resources and lost productivity, according to a 1999 study by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration . Lost productivity — that is, lifetime wages lost because of early …
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Speakers at celebrity lecture say mental illness isn't selective
But his life of “privilege, power and weath” could not prevent what became a 17-year addiction to alcohol and drugs, he said, nor the loss of his father, mother, cousin and best friend, also to alcoholism. He has spent much of the 27 years since …
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CG updates alcohol rules, expands drug screening
“This type of behavior should be treated as misconduct, separate from the alcohol policy.” In his final State of the Coast Guard address Feb. 25, Papp emphasized accountability on alcohol use, particularly because of its relation to another issue the …
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Can LSD be a Cure for Alcohol Addiction? — BY LIAM KEEGAN ANCHOR CHRISTINA HARTMAN Could LSD be a possible cure for alcoholism? Well — according to a Norwegian study, the psychedelic drug was used to…

IG: Vet overdosed while in VA rehab center
A veteran of the war in Afghanistan died of a heroin and cocaine overdose last year while receiving treatment at a Miami Veterans Affairs residential treatment facility, according to a VA inspector general report released Friday. The veteran, who was …
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Hospital to become rehab center
Lakeland HealthCare announced Friday it had entered into an agreement with Sacred Heart Rehabilitation Center, based in Richmond, Mich., to operate a detoxification center and a short-term residential treatment site for treatment of substance abuse at …
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Question by Will B: In what ways is smoking marijuanna bad for you?
I got into a fight with my mom about how bad marijuana is compared to smoking cigarettes ( Btw my mom smokes alot of cigarettes. she averages like a pack a day) . So i wanted if some people would tell me the pros and cons of it because I’m all for marijuana being better for you than cigarettes because of what i heard alredy about it. Also if anybody could also tell me why marijuana is illegal in the first place.

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Answer by I Love Yahoo Answers
it speeds up the heart rate to massive amounts and kills you and it can rob you of your memory also

Answer by perfectlybaked
Marijuana is illegal in most places, which means jail. Regardless of its effects or lack thereof, that alone is reason to avoid it.

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Question by David: what is the difference between pre-physical therapy and Rehabilitation Services?
http://catalog.niu.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=16&poid=2663&returnto=484

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Answer by mistify
NIU offers a couple different tracks that will allow you to take the prerequisites you need for the PT program. This will allow you to obtain a BS degree as required by the graduate program, but without having to take a lot of extra courses. The rehabilitation services degree is not just specific to PT, but could also be appropriate for someone who wanted to be a speech language pathologist, for example.

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