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Recent Missouri Editorials

Recent Missouri editorials

Filed under: Drug Abuse Washington D.C.

Child sexual abuse in Missouri is characterized as a "silent epidemic" by members of a task force that studied the issue. The 14-member task … Consequences of abuse include anxiety, depression,… Continue reading

THE ROAD Not Taken

THE ROAD not taken

Filed under: drug addiction help now

I had to leave a lot of friends behind to get where I am now, especially in the beginning." Bill Edmondson. Enlarge Image …. He had a real downhill battle… Continue reading

12 Things Hospitalists Need to Know About Billing & Coding

12 Things Hospitalists Need to Know About Billing & Coding

Filed under: drug treatment programs in nyc

A patient's family history is commonly overlooked in a hospitalist's notes, primarily when they know the patient from previous admissions for chronic diseases… Continue reading

D.A.R.E. America Seeks to Revoke New Jersey Charter

D.A.R.E. America Seeks to Revoke New Jersey Charter

Filed under: drug abuse resistance education

New Jersey's Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) program won a preliminary court injunction barring the California-based nonprofit national group, D.A.R.E. America, from attempting to revoke its… Continue reading

N17.6bn Relief Fund: Adamawa

N17.6bn Relief Fund: Adamawa

Filed under: state funded drug rehab

In some states, the N17.6billion flood relief funds released by the federal government to bring succour to the victims, who had been sheltered in camps, has ended up in the… Continue reading

Advocates Seek Stronger Substance Abuse Treatment Measures

Advocates seek stronger substance abuse treatment measures

Filed under: addiction help

LITTLE ROCK — Substance abuse costs Arkansas about $ 888 million annually, but just 6 percent of Arkansans who need help with a drug addiction actually receive treatment, according… Continue reading