Commissioner's View: Take Action on Methadone, Other Drugs
Commissioner's view: Take action on methadone, other drugs
Filed under: free drug abuse treatment
Addiction to prescription drugs and other opiates is a growing crisis, so much so that the Minnesota State Substance Abuse Strategy released last year identified it as a top priority. Ironically, the problem extends to a drug used to treat heroin and …
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Waking up to realities of sleep disorders
Filed under: free drug abuse treatment
Other studies implicate prescription drug abuse as the leading cause of accidental death in our country today, with sedative hypnotics being commonly abused. Unfortunately, I have seen more cases of people using the potentially lethal combination of …
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Adult Drug Court Receives Serbu Grant
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The Oregon Community Foundation administers the funds. The purpose of the endowment is to strengthen Lane County programs for substance abuse prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation. The grant Lane County Drug Court received will … In the last 5 …
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Suing doctors and drug companies for addiction to pain medication?
Filed under: free drug abuse treatment
Segerblom recently introduced SB 75, which would make doctors and drug makers liable for the treatment costs of those who become addicted to legally prescribed pain medications. The bill would also open up doctors and drug makers to potential punitive …
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