Prescription Drug Abuse Rising Among Aboriginal Youths

Prescription drug abuse rising among Aboriginal youths

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Currie adds that the survey indicated a correlation between prescription drug abuse and feelings of exclusion at school. “I would like to see school policies that recognize that unequal treatment may be driving substance abuse in First Nations, Metis …
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Alcohol abuse after weight loss surgery?

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The Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study brought together scientists, whose research is relevant to obesity and addiction, to investigate an increased incidence of alcohol abuse among those who have had the surgery and, through that, the possible …
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Austin Recovery and St. David's Foundation Continue Partnership to Help

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The Dual Recovery Program continues funding for medically indigent clients who have been stabilized in one of several local psychiatric hospitals allowing them to transfer directly to Austin Recovery for intensive residential substance abuse treatment.
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