Jackie Heath: We Can Protect Our Youth — Monitor, Secure and Dispose Medications

Jackie Heath: We can protect our youth — monitor, secure and dispose medications

Filed under: drug abuse treatment statistics

In January of this year, the California Senate recognized the compelling and startling statistics related to this and determined that the month of March, each year, is proclaimed to be Prescription Drug Abuse Awareness Month. The Senate encourages all …
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Drinking problems become another hidden cost of recession

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South Miami Recovery – an outpatient treatment center for substance abuse – has seen an increase in patients who say their alcohol consumption has become a problem since the start of the recession, according to Howard Lerner, the center's director …
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