How to find a drug treatment program
Mother: Select a program that views drug abuse as the primary disease and not as a symptom of some emotional problem. Direct attention should be given to the individual's drug use as the source of the problem. The program should maintain an abstinence …
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Mayor Roberts launches prescription drug abuse awareness campaign
The hospital began a screening program in February 2011 to track and document prescription drug seekers, he said. If a patient is recorded seeking drugs, their chart is labeled and they are not given opioids. Many drug seeking patients will go to …
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A Creative Approach to Managing Substance Abuse
Sharon Levy, MD, MPH, Director of the hospital's Adolescent Substance Abuse Program and Steering Committee member for the Prescribers' Clinical Support System for both opioids and buprenorphine, recently spoke with Medscape about their unique, …
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