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Porter County Substance Abuse Council Announces 2014 Red Ribbon Winner
2014-RR-Scholarship-Winner-2 The Porter County Substance Abuse Council is pleased to announce this year's Red Ribbon Scholarship winner, Ashley Barnas. She is a senior at Portage High School and has been an outstanding student. Her work as a …
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New treatment center helps teens with substance abuse, psychiatric issues
A new residential treatment center helps local teens receive substance abuse and psychiatric services without having to leave the area, or the state. Devereux Arizona opened the 10-bed facility on April 7, said Debra Howard, Devereux Arizona's …
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Alcoholism & Substance Abuse Counselor Training Now Online at Cazenovia …
Cazenovia College is one of only two colleges in New York State approved to offer the 350 hours of Credentialed Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Counselor education and training completely in an online format. Cazenovia, NY (PRWEB) April 25, 2014.
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Question by Rumbly: Liver blood tests coming back abnormal? Alcohol abuse?
I have had several AST, ALT and GGT blood tests come back elevated. I know these can point to liver disease from alcohol abuse. How much do you have to drink to damage your liver?

I drink regularly but not heavily and never expected to have liver damage because of it? I have 3-5 drinks per week on average. Is that alot?

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Answer by lab rat
Alcohol can cause you to have abnormal liver tests, but it’s not the only reason. Other common reasons are obesity, diabetes, a high level of lipids (fats) in the blood), infection (e.g. hepatitis). It can also be an effect of many medications.

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Bexley Alcoholism Treatment Helpline Aims to Assist Addicts in Recovery
LIGHTNING RELEASES 04/21/14 – The new Bexley Alcoholism Treatment Helpline offers a dependable resource for anyone who needs help finding a drug and alcohol recovery center. For those in Bexley, OH who struggle with a hazardous addiction to …
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Fort Lauderdale Drug and Alcohol Treatment Facility Continues Successful …
During Family Night, parents of Cornerstone's clients are invited to come and take part in a group therapy session led by alcohol and drug addiction therapist Barbara Hernandez, MS, LMHC. The parents and friends of addicts in recovery also get to spend …
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Grant allows Lyon to work toward jail diversion program
As part of this, jail and human services staff underwent “Mental Health First Aid” training last week in Fernley and Monday in Yerington, a nationally-recognized program was provided by the National Council for Behavioral Health, an organization …
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Dozens trained to use heroin overdose antidote
"Given the recent increase in opiate deaths, this is incredible training that needs to be presented across the board," said Patrice Wallace-Moore, CEO and vice president of substance abuse services for Arms Acres. "We're trying to save lives. That's …
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Zohydro: Ticking Time Bomb?
A new perspective on the Zohydro debate published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine identifies a larger issue: the dual challenge of managing both chronic pain and addiction. There has been a substantial public outcry in … many people …
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Question by : Why do people take drugs?

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Answer by Cheryl
People who use drugs, including alcohol, do so because they like what the drugs do to their brains. All drugs of abuse, from alcohol to nicotine to heroin, cause a series of temporary changes in the brain that produce the “high.”

One of these changes is the rise in available levels of certain neurotransmitters associated with feelings of pleasure. Key among these is dopamine, a naturally occurring neurotransmitter that some scientists now think is implicated in most of the basic human experiences of pleasure.

The pleasure of a kiss, a bowl of favorite ice cream, and a compliment may all be related to a rise in dopamine levels in the normal person’s brain. Drugs of abuse also boost dopamine levels. When a person takes a hit of crack cocaine — or a drag on a cigarette — the drugs cause a spike in dopamine levels in the brain, and a rush of euphoria, or pleasure. While it’s not the only chemical involved in drug abuse, experts have come to believe that dopamine is the crucial one.

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Question by : HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS: DO LECTURES AND ASSEMBLIES HELP STOP DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE?
In high school does hearing horror stories and lectures on what alcohol and drugs do to you make an impact on you as a person, or does it fly right over your head?

What do you think are ways to actually make even a slight impact on a teen with this topic?

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Answer by Nikki
Nothing will make an impact on teen until something happens to make them want to stop

Answer by dan
They always made me think about drugs when I wouldn’t otherwise, and how awesome they must be for people to take such risks to get and take them.

Honestly, just stop putting so much focus on them. Most places the same drugs are legal, hardly anybody takes them.