SAGAcom “Culture Is Treatment”

SAGAcom “Culture is Treatment” – Round Lake Treatment Centre (RLTC) is an accredited 36-bed alcohol and drug abuse treatment facility located on the Okanagan Indian Reserve near Vernon in BC…

National strategy unveiled for prescription pill crisis

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OTTAWA – A growing number of emergency room visits and deaths attributed to prescription drugs has prompted the Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse to launch a national strategy to re-educate the public on the dangers of misuse. The announcement by the …
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Government's anti-drug policy switches focus to underage drinking

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With the number of young marihuana users falling in the Czech Republic, the government has found a new target for its anti-drugs strategy: underage drinking, in which young Czechs top European statistics. But a new action plan unveiled on … “We would …
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Is Drug Treatment Facility Private?

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The future of the Dunes, a substance-abuse treatment facility on Bull Run in East Hampton, was considered at a recent East Hampton Zoning Board of Appeals hearing. T.E. McMorrow … “Do you have any statistics on the actual length of stays?” Mr. Walter …
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Editorial: Don't be numb to painkiller dangers

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Statistics from the CDC indicate that 3 out of 4 prescription drug overdoses are linked to the opioid painkillers, which were involved in 14,800 overdose deaths in 2008. Legally obtainable painkillers killed more people than heroin and … For every …
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