Treatment center exec: Drinking at middle school is 'a flag, not just for the …
And the incident, which took place at about 12:12 p.m., serves as a "clear indication" of the substance abuse problem facing the borough's youth, according to one leader in Staten Island's treatment community. "That's a flag, not just for the school …
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Addicted to Drugs on Staten Island
Across the country, one of the most significant social shifts of the 21st century has been the migration of drug use from centers of urban poverty to places that are suburban, white and middle- or marginally middle-class. … Jacqueline Fiore, the …
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Heroin addicts who want help face insurance denials
"A lot of these heroin users now have families, and the insurers aren't looking at them the same way as someone who's homeless or living in a drug house," said Robert Lebman, president of Huther Doyle, an addiction treatment center in Rochester.
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One snapshot in a tragic national picture: Long Island sees exploding heroin use
Five things you didn't know about heroin. Chris, now 17, is in treatment at Outreach House, a long-term substance abuse program on Long Island, New York, for youths ages 12 to 17. His road to recovery hasn't been a smooth ride, however. After three …
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Long a nexus of Rx drug abuse, Staten Island now faces heroin's scourge
Except as risky as painkillers are to abuse, heroin's an even trickier roll of the dice. "They don't know what they're doing," says Fusco, who runs the Dynamite Youth Center in Brooklyn and its residential treatment center in update Fallsburg New York …
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Does Calling Heroin Addiction A Brain Disease Help Avoid Tragedies Like Philip …
You might surmise that there is a connection between viewing addiction as a brain disease and coming up with an effective treatment for it. But you would be wrong. The dominant model for addiction treatment in the United States is the 12-step approach …
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8 questions about heroin and the death of Philip Seymour Hoffman
Hoffman had said he stayed clean for two decades, but then had a relapse in 2012, and entered a drug-treatment program. 3.) So how prevalent is heroin use, nationwide? It's still lower than the use of other illegal drugs, which is good news. But the …
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Youth drug treatment gets big boost in part of Vt.
Centerpoint Adolescent Treatment Services, with sites in Winooski and South Burlington, and Washington County Youth Services, based in Montpelier, will share a $ 3.8 million federal grant with the Vermont Health Department, which will coordinate the grant.
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Staten Island drug treatment community to host Dec. 10 forum about Rx abuse …
On Dec. 10, the borough's Tackling Youth Substance Abuse (TYSA) coalition and the Long Island-based Families in Support of Treatment (F.I.S.T.) will host a forum at the Joan and Alan Bernikow Jewish Community Center of Staten Island in Sea View.
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Camelot Counseling opens new Staten Island residence for substance abuse …
Gathered at the grand opening of Camelot's male adolescent residential program on the grounds of Sea View Hospital Rehabilitation Center and Home are Luke J. Nasta, executive director, with Ruth Mingoia, chairwoman of the board of directors. (Staten …
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Inmates graduate from substance abuse and spiritual counseling programs
Four inmates will graduate from Celebrate Recovery, which is an eight-week alcohol and drug abuse counseling program that First Baptist Church of Lexington administers at the Detention Center. The goal of Celebrate Recovery is to enhance the spiritual …
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