Teen Substance Abuse Treatment – Advice to Other Teens – Center for Discovery

Teen Substance Abuse Treatment – Advice to other teens – Center for Discovery – A client of Center for Discovery offers her advice to other teens and adolescents dealing with substance abuse problems. She talks about how the Center for D…

Doctors call for study of marijuana

Filed under: California Drug Abuse

The Massachusetts Medical Society, which steadfastly opposed the medical marijuana ballot question approved by voters in November, called on Friday for large-scale research of the drug's potential medical uses to ensure it is tested in the same …
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Senator DeSaulnier Introduces Legislation to Fight Prescription Drug Abuse

Filed under: California Drug Abuse

Mandating prescribers and pharmacists to enroll and use CURES will help deter prescription drug abuse right at the point of care. The funding for these programs is a small price to pay when so many lives are at stake.” “California had the first …
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Senate bill doesn't boost ACA funds – Premium support front and center again …

Filed under: California Drug Abuse

California Gov. Jerry Brown and Democratic lawmakers are at odds over how to expand Medicaid, the L.A. Times reports. http://lat.ms/14Ionlh. Western states are dealing with a recent surge in prescription drug abuse, The Wall Street Journal reports.
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Should recreational marijuana be legal? Answers to the Question of the Week …

Filed under: California Drug Abuse

Many of us feel that marijuana smoking has undermined all the tobacco-smoking prevention messages that had brought the youth smoking rates down to about 15 percent in California but that rate has begun to nudge up. Legalization … As a drug policy and …
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