Young Americans Making Better Choices

Published September 13, 2013

Young Americans Making Better Choices
"Seek treatment for any substance abuse problems." This report, released by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), showed that the misuse of prescription medications by young adults has fallen in recent years. Read more on dailyRx

Allegheny County's court programs expedite cases, cut backlog
"By offering court-monitored treatment, the Drug Court team aims to break the damaging and costly cycle of addiction, crime and incarceration," reads a summary of the program. Following the creation of Drug Court, Allegheny County officials created six … Read more on Pittsburgh Post Gazette

The Heroin Epidemic: Suburban users migrate from prescription pain pills
The trend of transitioning from abusing prescription meds to using heroin has local police and county law enforcement agencies scrambling to find answers to what they see as an epidemic of opioid addiction and death. Brandt agrees. "These are good kids … Read more on Plain Dealer