Category: Drug Addiction (Substance Abuse)

The Gateway Nug

… any vilification of a plant that has had such a profound economic, medicinal and social impact with relatively benign health effects but for the sake of discourse, stick with me. Our understanding of addiction has evolved over the last half-century. …

‘Amnesia cluster’ baffles doctors

… memories. Researchers at the Lahey Hospital & Medical Center in Burlington and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH) say they are baffled by an “amnesia cluster” of 14 people. The patients, aged between 19 and 52, were treated for …

A Massachusetts medical mystery

… The article appeared in the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, a journal with wide circulation among public health officials. Many of the cases emerged after the Massachusetts Department of Public Health sent an alert to neurologists, …

Review: Nicky Jam Is Bound For Crossover Success With ‘Fenix’

In the mid-1990s, rapper-singer Nicky Jam, nA Nick Rivera Caminero, took his first shot at making a hit single in English and Spanish with “Gotta Get It” off his debut album Distinto A Los DemA s . Over the next two decades, his die-hard would watch in earnest as the part Puerto Rican, part Dominican artist hit a downward spiral due to drugs and alcohol abuse.

Review: Nicky Jam Is Bound For Crossover Success With ‘Fenix’

In the mid-1990s, rapper-singer Nicky Jam, nA Nick Rivera Caminero, took his first shot at making a hit single in English and Spanish with “Gotta Get It” off his debut album Distinto A Los DemA s . Over the next two decades, his die-hard would watch in earnest as the part Puerto Rican, part Dominican artist hit a downward spiral due to drugs and alcohol abuse.

Alvarez: A better way to handle stress and trauma

THE Ateneo de Davao University’s Social Work Department and Committee against Illegal Drugs and Sagop Kinabuhi in partnership with the City Anti-Drug Abuse Council had its two-day Community Resiliency Model Training at a university last on January 18 to 19. The Philippine Association of Community Resiliency Model Skills Trainers Inc. had conducted the training with Carmen San Jose of PhilActs as Coordinator, Rainera Lucero and Rosario Sequitin, the PhilActs president, as facilitators.

Lewis anti-drug group promoting numerous community events

A grassroots group formed to combat drug addiction in Lewis County is promoting several events over the next couple months intended to raise awareness of the problem and improve local communities. “We are seeing a fantastic collaboration of profit and nonprofit agencies come together,” Port Leyden Mayor Heather M. Collins said.

Group maps out healthy civic goals

More than 50 leaders from across Mesa County gathered Tuesday to begin a yearlong process of facilitating change for good in the community. At the Healthy Mesa County Community Transformation Meeting, participants from schools, the health care industry, law enforcement and public safety, human services and local governments met to identify the biggest problems in the county and start to work toward solving those problems.

Westmoreland, St Ann, KSAC record highest drug use

St Ann, Westmoreland, Kingston and St Andrew currently have the highest number of drug users, according to the 2016 Drug Prevalence Survey that was conducted by the National Council on Drug Abuse . According to the findings, alcohol use is highest in St Ann and Westmoreland, with 60 per cent and 51 per cent, respectively, while St Mary, St James and Clarendon showed the lowest usage of 36 per cent and 37 per cent in Clarendon.

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Republican Gov. Chris Christie’s warning to the Democrat-led Legislature not to move forward with legalizing marijuana is going mostly unheeded. But as the governor charges full-steam ahead with a program to battle drug addiction that got a warm reception from Democratic leaders, he’s getting pushback when it comes to marijuana.

Officials kick off ReNewMS

… together.” The statewide initiative is a collaboration between agencies such as Medicaid, Mississippi Department of Health Services, Mississippi Department of Mental Services, Mississippi Department of Child Protective Services, the court services, …

City Missioner job resonated for a Christchurch CEO

“It’s a really critical role … we have a growing need out there in amongst the community with homelessness, with the working poor, with those that are suffering from some sort of substance addiction and how do we attend to those things really well. “The challenge is going to be around how do we get the whole community of Christchurch engaged so that everyone knows they can be a game-changer,” Mark said.

City Missioner job resonated for a Christchurch CEO

“It’s a really critical role … we have a growing need out there in amongst the community with homelessness, with the working poor, with those that are suffering from some sort of substance addiction and how do we attend to those things really well. “The challenge is going to be around how do we get the whole community of Christchurch engaged so that everyone knows they can be a game-changer,” Mark said.

City Missioner job resonated for a Christchurch CEO

“It’s a really critical role … we have a growing need out there in amongst the community with homelessness, with the working poor, with those that are suffering from some sort of substance addiction and how do we attend to those things really well. “The challenge is going to be around how do we get the whole community of Christchurch engaged so that everyone knows they can be a game-changer,” Mark said.

City Missioner job resonated for a Christchurch CEO

“It’s a really critical role … we have a growing need out there in amongst the community with homelessness, with the working poor, with those that are suffering from some sort of substance addiction and how do we attend to those things really well. “The challenge is going to be around how do we get the whole community of Christchurch engaged so that everyone knows they can be a game-changer,” Mark said.

End the failed, costly war on drugs

To continue reading up to 10 premium articles, you must register , or sign up and take advantage of this exclusive offer: We should legalize all drugs. Let’s come to our senses and end President Nixon’s failed, phony “War on Drugs,” a deliberate fraud created to harass militant blacks and antiwar hippies .

With chemical dependency on rise, school gets two counselors

For the first time ever, Rochester Public Schools will have a chemical dependency counselor available for students – two of them, actually. Thanks to a grant from the governor’s office, RPS was selected as a district that would receive two chemical dependency counselors to help students dealing with dependency issues – and they are positions that haven’t been previously funded, according to Denise Moody, the district’s mental health services coordinator.

CASAC announces 2017 poster contest

Chautauqua Alcoholism & Substance Abuse Council has announced that the 2017 Alcohol Awareness Month Poster Contest is underway. The 2017 theme is and the contest’s goal is to deliver a positive no-use message to our youth regarding alcohol and other drugs.

Fresh plan revealed to tackle homelessness in Portsmouth

The city council has teamed up with The Society of St James to offer a new, linked approach to tackling the area’s homeless crisis. The Society of St James charity – which helps thousands of people living on the streets across Hampshire – has won the contract to run Portsmouth’s homeless day service provision alongside its own rehabilitation programme for those battling drink and drug addiction.

new New hope to treat problem gamblers

New findings suggest the key to helping people with serious gambling problems might involve the same area of the brain linked to substance abuse. Parts of the brain that light up when drug addicts have cravings also react when problem gamblers are shown gaming related images, say researchers at the University Of British Columbia.