Possible Drug Addiction Question?

Question by Alexander – Losing Control: Possible Drug Addiction Question?
If a person occasionally experimented with drugs, but never had an addiction to them, until something happened and said person turned to drugs as an answer and abused drugs for a couple of weeks until somebody snapped them out of… Continue reading

In This Week’s Issue: Fixing New Mexico’s Broken Hearts – Albuquerque Business First

In this week’s issue: Fixing New Mexico’s broken hearts – Albuquerque Business First

In this week's issue: Fixing New Mexico's broken hearts
Albuquerque Business First
Reporter Dennis Domrzalski talked with NMHI leaders about the unique work they're doing and the impact it's having on New Mexico and on medicine. You'll… Continue reading

COUNSEL'S CORNER: Provider Strategies to Combat the Prescription Drug

COUNSEL'S CORNER: Provider Strategies to Combat the Prescription Drug
Alix C. Michel and David J. Ward, with Michel & Ward, Chattanooga, Tenn., have a combined 50 years of legal experience, primarily in medical and professional malpractice and prescription drug abuse matters. … (AMA), American Academy of Family …
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Dept. of Health: Drug-Addiction Treatment Now in Las Cruces

Dept. of Health: Drug-addiction treatment now in Las Cruces
Syringe exchange, which prevents the transmission of blood-borne pathogens , like HIV and hepatitis C among injection drug users who share drugs … healthynm.org. New Mexico Department of Health can also be found on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube …
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Challenging Alcoholics Anonymous as the Model for Substance Abuse Treatment

Challenging Alcoholics Anonymous as the model for substance abuse treatment
The 12-step model of alcohol addiction treatment has been the status quo in rehabilitation centers for well over fifty years. Alcoholics Anonymous was formed in the 1930s and by 2000, the 12 steps were the program of choice for 90… Continue reading

South Lyon Area Community Briefs

South Lyon area community briefs
There, they will be asked to provide input for possible updates to the master plan, a guiding document for local business and residential development. … The FAN mission is “to raise awareness of the prescription opiate drug abuse epidemic, to reduce …
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