Substance Abuse Treatment Center receives award for Women’s Halfway House – Brighton Center for Recovery is honored for building a new women’s halfway house at it’s substance abuse treatment center. The best drug and alcohol addictio…

 

Agencies work to curb drug abuse

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MONARCH, a recovery program for women, also offers treatment for people dealing with prescription drug abuse. Executive Director Rachel Neighbors said more people with prescription drug problems are seeking help at MONARCH. She said 9.4 percent of …
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Minnesota's rate of prescription-drug overdoses rises, but is 47th among states

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As the new report also points out, the cost to the U.S. economy is enormous: The nation spends an estimated $ 53.4 billion annually on prescription-drug-abuse-related lost productivity, increased criminal justice costs, drug abuse treatments and medical …
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Drug addictions in Abu Dhabi on the rise

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ABU DHABI // An addiction recovery centre for Emiratis in the capital has treated 13.5 per cent more substance abuse addicts so far this year than in the whole of last year. An increasing number of youths seeking help for alcohol and drug addictions …
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