… 500,000 persons in the United States died from drug overdoses. These casualty figures not only reflect a national health emergency, but are emblematic of a war on the American people. By comparison, approximately the same number of Americans lost …
Category: Drug Addiction (Substance Abuse)
Offering Syringes Along With Prayers, Churches Help IV Drug Users
… efforts have contributed to growing support for the programs, which the federal Centers for Disease Control and other health organizations see as a valuable tool in combating the opioid epidemic. Most programs include components such as education, …
Indivior PLC Spon Adr Ea Repr 5 (Invvy) Rating Lowered to Hold at Zacks Investment Research
According to Zacks, “Indivior PLC operates as a specialty pharmaceutical company. It is engaged in discovering and developing medications and treatment for alcohol addiction, opioid overdose, cocaine intoxication and co-occurring conditions, such as schizophrenia.
S.C. doctors continue prescribing addictive opioids in high numbers
South Carolina doctors are on track to prescribe more highly addictive Schedule II drugs in 2016 than they did last year, even as awareness surrounding the danger of opioid abuse grows. According to the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control, there were more than 2.6 million prescriptions filled for Schedule II controlled substance medications in South Carolina between January and June this year, for a total 169 million doses.
The year in Fauquier
This year started off with a gift: Eight-pound, 13-ounce Harlow Joy Tippett was born at Fauquier Hospital.
Y-Speak: Helping communities in drug problems
… affected members who have problems with addiction to seek help and intervention. Consequently, this will protect the health and safety of the public, lessen criminal activities, and safeguard properties of the public and the community. The working …
County steps up heroin fight with education
… the Northern Kentucky Office of Drug Control Policy, Planning and Development Services and the Northern Kentucky Health Department to make sure residents know help is available for drug addiction. Volunteers are taking a break for the cold winter …
New law taking effect in 2017 geared at fighting heroin abuse new
… care can get it immediately, without prior insurance authorization, and insurers can’t interrupt care for 14 days. “Health insurance is dictating care. To me, that’s backwards,” said Collins. “Being able to access inpatient care immediately, without …
The World Lost Carrie Fisher Too Soon
… have addressed what I am about to tell you now. While I do not know the particulars of Ms. Fisher’s life and general health , there are some concerns of universal nature that we can learn from her premature loss. There have been reports in the …
5 Ways Carrie Fisher Helped the LGBTQ Community
… Gary that she regularly brought to interviews and public appearances as a way of highlighting her continuing mental health struggles. All these actions helped forge her legacy as a pioneer and advocate for mental health awareness, something that’s …
As more women drink, some states start to take action
… a decade ago, and a higher percentage of them are binge drinking. Because women are more vulnerable to the damaging health effects of alcohol than men, and because drinking during pregnancy can have devastating effects on a fetus, the federal …
Privacy Commissioner lashes drilling firm
The Privacy Commissioner has taken the unusual step of publicly censuring a Whanganui drilling company, TD Drilling, for not only failing to protect the confidentiality of information provided by an employee about drug use among its staff, but also losing much of the employee’s personal records. The company had already been ordered to pay its former employee, David Crichton, $22,115 after the Employment Relations Authority found that TD Drilling’s actions had led to Crichton’s constructive dismissal by failing to provide a safe workplace after he revealed a culture of substance abuse among fellow workers.
Privacy Commissioner lashes drilling firm
The Privacy Commissioner has taken the unusual step of publicly censuring a Whanganui drilling company, TD Drilling, for not only failing to protect the confidentiality of information provided by an employee about drug use among its staff, but also losing much of the employee’s personal records. The company had already been ordered to pay its former employee, David Crichton, $22,115 after the Employment Relations Authority found that TD Drilling’s actions had led to Crichton’s constructive dismissal by failing to provide a safe workplace after he revealed a culture of substance abuse among fellow workers.
Yoga’s benefits being researched in many govt funded projects across USA
Various US universities-medical/clinical centers-hospitals are undertaking research projects exploring yoga’s possible help in treatment of various illnesses, according to a database published on US National Institutes of Health website. Funded/administered by National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health , National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Cancer Institute, etc – all part of U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; and U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; cost for some of these projects is listed at over half-a-million dollars each.
As Drug Overdose Deaths Escalate, Opioids Continue to Be the Top Killer
… in 2010. Opioid drugs continue to be linked to the highest percentage of these deaths. The report may spur public health officials and other leaders to focus more on responding to the growing addiction and drug abuse problem, Dr. Caleb Alexander, …
Sleeping rough to totally buff: How drug addict turned his life around
… met his girlfriend Lisa and started his own business, Lift 4 Life, a program that helps people improve their health through group training, bootcamps and classes in nutrition. He attributes his own radical transformation to the fact he “was at a …
Longtime opioid users motivated by fear of withdrawal
John Lenec remembers the song “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door” going through his head moments after he slipped off a detox centre bed and began convulsing on the floor. It had been six hours since his last hit of heroin.
Moscow woman moves past abuse, addiction and self-sabotage – Sat, 17 Dec 2016 PST
At 19 years old, Paradise Creek Regional High School student Daizy Fletcher has a lot to look forward to – and more lessons to look back on than many twice her age. “I’m good at self-sabotage,” she said, reflecting on the past several years when her life was a flurry of struggles with family stresses, drug and alcohol addiction, and the basic teenage desire to at once fit in and be free.