Alcohol advertisements are very common during sport broadcasts, especially throughout football games. Often alcoholic beverage companies will sponsor football teams and their logos will appear numerous times throughout the game. These advertisements are v... read more
Many colleges and universities are implementing a program for pharmacy students to teach them how to recognize drug addiction. When a patient goes to the doctor for an injury and condition and needs medication, 75% of the time they walk out with a prescri... read more
To encourage access, policy makers and providers need information about variations in drug users’ treatment preferences. This study examined how rural/urban residence, stigma surrounding drug use, and perceived treatment availability and effectiveness a... read more
Assess the prevalence of non-opioid drug use among opioid-addicted, buprenorphine injecting individuals in Georgia, during and after a 12-week course of buprenorphine-naloxone (Suboxone®) or methadone. Source: Substance and Treatment Feed
Success in substance abuse treatment is improved by problem recognition, desire to seek help, and readiness to engage in treatment, all of which are important aspects of motivation. Interventions that facilitate these at treatment induction for adolescent... read more
Despite aggressive, ongoing efforts to warn New Jersey teens and their parents about the growing epidemic of prescription drug and heroin use, an increasing number of our kids are getting hooked on heroin, and many are overdosing on the dangerous drugs... read more
Joe Decelles from the Windsor Learning Center in Pompton Lakes came to our meeting on Monday October 21st to present A Change for Nick with a check from their generous staff. The staff at The school contribute money to dress down on Fridays and then the... read more
Originally posted on Detox Houston. Malibu, CA (PRWEB) February 28, 2013 A recent story in the New Jersey Star-Ledger published February 24th underscores the surging problem of heroin among young adults in the Garden State. Roughly 30% of the 33,000 heroi... read more
Originally posted on Examiner.com: The National Institute on Drug Abuse writes that heroin abuse is associated with many serious health conditions, which include fatal overdose, spontaneous abortion, and infectious diseases like hepatitis and HIV. Hea... read more
(Full article from Mount Olive Chronicle) MOUNT OLIVE TWP. – The owner of one of Morris County’s largest police communications dealers has been arrested on charges of selling heroin and officials are trying to make sure their communications system... read more