Archive for the ‘Alcohol Abuse’ Category

Alcohol Abuse Self Help in the News

Launch of women's project
Filed under: alcohol abuse self help

The Women's Advocacy project will involve a community based service centred on a self-help ethos addressing domestic abuse and alcohol and drug misuse among local women. It will employ two staff, a women's advocacy worker and a harm reduction …
Source

The Ford train wreck rides on
Filed under: alcohol abuse self help

That said, I can't help but find the Ford-Kimmel-Oscars affair to be a distasteful display of bullying that is not, in the end, funny or particularly clever. Taunting the … The only problem would be the show would only be able to run for a couple of …
Source

More voices on Ford in LA
Filed under: alcohol abuse self help

Chronic Alcohol Abuse in the News

GUEST OPINION: It takes a community to beat drug addiction
Filed under: chronic alcohol abuse

There are small windows of opportunity where people with addiction will seek help. Imagine if every time someone with addiction said, “I'm ready,” treatment was available. Imagine if treatment for addiction was like treatment for other chronic diseases …
Source

Surprise! Surprise! Prescription painkiller abuser's drug sources are not drug …
Filed under: chronic alcohol abuse

A smaller yet still significant percentage of chronic abusers get the drugs from physicians who prescribe them. Nonmedical use is defined as use of the drug without a prescription or used with a prescription for the feeling or … Many states are …
Source

How Will California's Penal System Respond To The 'Perfect Storm'?
Filed under: chronic alcohol abuse

Youth Alcohol Abuse in the News

Chamber of Commerce honors local leaders with First Citizen awards
Filed under: youth alcohol abuse

Abernethy has launched two specialty courts for juveniles: Ten on Tuesday, helping pregnant girls with known drug addictions to stay clean; and STAR Court, which serves juveniles overcoming substance abuse. She has also participated with various …
Source

National sports policy to be presented for public consultation
Filed under: youth alcohol abuse

Malta needs a National Sports Policy, statedParliamentary Secretary for Research, Innovation, Youth and Sport Stefan Buontempo, as he announced the ?ie? l-Isport Malti finalists at the Cottonera Sports Complex. The final award-giving … Sports and …
Source

Schools struggling to teach binge-drinking, drug-taking students
Filed under: youth alcohol abuse

Alcohol Abuse Treatment Options in the News

Time for action
Filed under: alcohol abuse treatment options

Randy Hultgren, R-Winfield, acknowledged Friday that heroin addiction is in epic proportions and requires a coordinated effort to create a framework for effective prevention, treatment and continuing evaluation. Speaking to a room of more than 60 …
Source

Clinical trial testing new treatment for marijuana addiction
Filed under: alcohol abuse treatment options

A treatment center in Pickens County is participating in a clinical trial to test the effectiveness of an over-the-counter supplement that researchers hope will help marijuana smokers end their addiction to the herb's active ingredient, THC. Behavioral …
Source

Rethinking Rehab During a New Era of Opiate Addiction
Filed under: alcohol abuse treatment options

Violence, pregnant teenagers and booze at De Aar’s end of the world – Mail & Guardian Online
Filed under: Alcohol Abuse

Violence, pregnant teenagers and booze at De Aar's end of the world Mail & Guardian Online … associated with unemployment, risky sexual behaviour and violent crimes. Bhekisisa travelled to De Aar and Upington in the Northern Cape – both towns with excessively high levels of drinking – to witness the devastating effects of alcohol abuse …

Source

Middle-age fast becoming problem age in alcohol misuse throughout Mid Ulster – Mid Ulster Mail
Filed under: Alcohol Abuse

Mid Ulster Mail

Middle-age fast becoming problem age in alcohol misuse throughout Mid Ulster Mid Ulster Mail But the charity's representatives told the MAIL the main worry about alcohol abuse in this age-group, is that the true extent of the problem is hidden behind closed doors, and it has been getting gradually worse over the past 10 years. “In 2005 3% of … and more »

Alcohol Abuse Vs Dependence in the News

NJ student's lawsuit in uncharted territory
Filed under: alcohol abuse vs dependence

Instead, a legal analysis can be done on whether a child is still within the parental sphere of influence and dependent on parents for support, including college costs. Pennsylvania residents are not obligated to pay college … The hearing at times …
Source

Fund fight against opioid addiction
Filed under: alcohol abuse vs dependence

Following years of level funding and underfunding, the governor's proposed budget for the Department of Mental Health (DMH) and the Department of Public Health/Bureau of Substance Abuse Services (DPH/BSAS) actually cuts spending at a time when …
Source

Related Alcohol Abuse Vs Dependence Information…