Basin Kids as Young as Nine Years Old Seeking Drug Abuse Treatment

Basin Kids as Young as Nine Years Old Seeking Drug Abuse Treatment – We’re at the tail end of Red Ribbon week, a national anti-drug campaign with a heavy presence in the Basin. NewsWest 9 met up with local anti-drug leaders to…

Area Patients, Physicians Culpable for Drug Abuse Problem

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Part of the prescription drug problem in South Carolina is that many physicians feel it's easier to write a prescription than explore other treatment options for their patients. Area medical personnel discussed the issue at last month's Red Zone Rally …
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HEALTH BRIEFS:

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SHARE, Odessa Regional Medical Center NICU and Texas Parent to Parent have scheduled a free parent support training from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday at the ORMC East Campus conference room. …. The center offers individual, marital, and family counseling …
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Some Iowa drug courts may be eliminated in budget

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The intensive court program helps repeat non-violent drug offenders with treatment and close supervision. Research has shown the programs have proven more effective than prison. Diane Thomas, with the Substance Abuse Services Center in Dubuque and …
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Drug court expansion critical to juveniles

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During a five-year period from 2007 to 2012, there were a total of 201 graduates from the established treatment program provided for these cases of early addiction among youngsters ages 10 to 17. That alone should encourage the spread of this program …
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