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Drug Abuse Costs Employers Billion Per Year
Drug use, abuse or addiction among employees and their family members can cause expensive problems for business and industry, ranging from lost productivity, absenteeism, injuries, fatalities, theft and low employee morale, to an increase in health …
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'High use' pain killer addicts get fix from doctors, dealers: study
U.S. government researchers found that nearly one in three "high use" abusers – people who take opioids between 200 and 365 days a year – obtained a doctor's prescription for the drugs, compared with about one in five of those who used the drugs less …
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Researchers Closer to Improving Safety, Effectiveness of Lithium Therapy
Researchers closer to improving safety, effectiveness of lithium therapy
Lithium, one of the oldest and most widely used drugs to treat neuropsychiatric illnesses, such as bipolar disorder, has a serious drawback – toxicity. In a continued effort to find a safer form of lithium, researchers at the University of South …
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Standard kidney drug treatment works better than new surgical procedure
In a study published this week in the prestigious medical journal Hypertension, Aud Høieggen and her researcher colleagues show that the new surgical procedure in fact is less effective than established drug treatment methods. Høieggen is eager to …
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How Do I Stop Doing Drugs… Im 14 !!!!?
Question by Jennifer S: How do i stop doing drugs… im 14 !!!!?
Ok i love doing drugs but there making me stupid i do weed acid shrooms pills cocoine ex and thats all and im only 14.. and i cant stop ever since someone showed me them ive been in and out of rehab doesnt work bc i just go crazy and fight everyone there . i am always getting into trouble . fighting stealing everything .
Best answer:
Answer by Ender
sounds like an addictive personality to me, ur doomed without treatment
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Holder: Heroin an urgent 'public health crisis'
But he said more work is needed to prevent and treat drug addiction. "Confronting this crisis will require a combination of enforcement and treatment. The Justice Department is committed to both," he said. Bill Piper, director of national affairs for …
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Substance Abuse Coverage Required, but Hardly Uniform
Substance abuse coverage required, but hardly uniform
Insurance plans that cover substance abuse treatment must provide the same level of care and cost sharing as they do for other medical issues, but treatment centers say disagreement over what this means leaves many alcoholics and drug addicts without …
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Zoning board takes testimony on drug treatment center
An overflow crowd made up of supporters and opponents of a proposed drug treatment center in town filled council chambers to capacity and poured out into the hallway of City Hall last week for a zoning hearing on the issue. The proposed location for …
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