Medications For Alcohol Abuse in the News

Dutchess County drug overdose deaths often result from use of prescription …
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A Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration report found that people ages 12 to 49 who used prescription pain relievers medically were 19 times more likely to initiate heroin use than others. Heroin use has become an escalating problem …
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Could Pot Help Veterans with PTSD? Brain Scientists Say Maybe
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The use of marijuana for PTSD has gained national attention in the past few years as thousands of traumatized veterans who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan have asked the federal government to give them access to the drug. Also, Maine and a handful of …
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Addiction to Prescription Opiates and Heroin Addressed by New Resource
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"Opioid addiction and overdoses affect increasing numbers of Americans and are now among the biggest public health problems of our time, said Dr. Hillary Kunins, Assistant Commissioner, Bureau of Alcohol and Drug Use – Prevention Care and Treatment, …
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