Tuesday, November 29, 2011
The National Association of Psychiatric Health Systems (NAPHS) has published a 2012 Membership Directory.
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Tuesday, September 27, 2011
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) announced today 46 grant awards for $22.5 million over the next year to help states, tribes, and territories enhance their substance abuse prevention efforts.
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LifeSource , a nonprofit organization established to fund healthcare-related projects, is addressing the nation’s biggest healthcare problem. According to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), 29 million Americans age 12 and older misused extended-release and long-acting opioids in 2002, climbing to more than 33 million in 2007…
So Friday is the big day. In a highly anticipated wedding, not only in the United Kingdom but the world, there is some controversy if pubs and drinking establishments will be allowed to stay open longer and be a bit lax on the rules in the UK
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A new report based on a national survey shows that only 1.2 percent of the nation’s more than 7.4 million adults aged 21 to 64 with an untreated alcohol abuse disorder perceive they could benefit from treatment…
The American Board of Addiction Medicine Foundation today accredited 10 training programs, the nation’s first post-graduate addiction medicine residencies for physicians.
According to the American Lung Association, every day nearly 3,900 kids under the age of 18 smoke their first cigarette, and 950 of them go on to become regular smokers. It is also estimated that with the continuation of current tobacco use patterns, 6.4 million current child smokers will eventually die from a tobacco-related disease. That is why youngsters across the nation will “Stand Out…
Thursday, November 25, 2010
Abstract: Background: Drug problems are reemerging in China since the nation implemented economic reform and an “open door” policy in the early 1980s. This is causing both national and international concern. However, knowledge and understanding of the Chinese drug problem is fairly limited because of the nation’s unique social and political history.
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Friday, November 19, 2010
The National Consumers League (NCL), the nation’s oldest consumer advocacy organization, praised the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announcement yesterday that it would crack down on seven alcoholic energy drinks under recent scrutiny for combining large amounts of alcohol and caffeine…
One of the nation’s largest makers of electronic cigarettes will stop using fruit flavorings to entice minors, and will no longer claim it’s a safe alternative to real cigarettes, following a deal with the California Attorney General’s office. Attorney General Jerry Brown said in a statement that the company, Sottera of Scottsdale, Ariz.
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