National Suicide Prevention Week to Be Observed Sept. 8-14 (Baldwin County …

Published August 30, 2013

National Suicide Prevention Week to be observed Sept. 8-14 (Baldwin County …

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Additional warning signs include but are not limited to; increased substance (alcohol or drug) use, no reason for living; no sense of purpose in life, anxiety, agitation, unable to sleep or sleeping all the time, feeling trapped – like there's no way …
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Study in mice links cocaine use to new brain structures

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These behaviors create major obstacles to overcoming substance use. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, addiction is a brain disease, which may be explained in part by this study. A press release about the study published on the UC …
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One in 10 Americans have taken drugs prescribed for others

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Dr. Wilson Compton, a division director at the National Institute on Drug Abuse, says dosage levels of prescription drugs are particular to an individual's specific needs and warns against taking a medicine that has not been prescribed. "Simply because …
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