Substance Abuse: Pilot Initiative Will Help Mercer

Substance abuse: Pilot initiative will help Mercer
Phase 1 of the pilot program seeks to engage behavioral health treatment providers in the nine counties, who in return will be encouraged to expand their effective substance abuse treatment services to offenders in the individual communities. Delegate …
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Agency to receive funds for substance abuse programs
DOVER — With the help of new programs and additional funding, substance abuse and addiction are getting the full attention of legislators. “The opioid and heroin crisis is a crisis,” said Kevin Ann Huckshorn, director of the Delaware Division of …
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Substance abuse expert talks about teens and drug use
There are many agencies that work to help educate parents. We offer a lot of services for families; the school districts try to engage parents to get involved in different educational opportunities. So I would tell the parents to just seek out as much …
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Zohydro: America's Deadliest New Drug?
"In the midst of a severe drug addiction epidemic fueled by overprescribing of opioids, the very last thing the country needs is a new, dangerous, high-dose opioid," the members of Fed Up! wrote to the FDA in a letter dated Feb. 26. … The Centers for …
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Afghanistan’s growing number of child drug addicts — An opium rehabilitation clinic in Afghanistan helps mothers and children get back on their feet after years of addiction. Duration: 02:36.

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