Maine House Rejects Bill to Ban Medicaid Coverage for Opiate Addiction …
With one of the highest rates in the country of people seeking treatment, Maine, opponents argued, is in no position to pull the rug out from those who want and need help. Susan Sharon has more. Related Media. Maine House Rejects Bill to Ban Medicaid …
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Drug addiction seen as threat to Maine safety
AUGUSTA – Crime statistics released by the state Wednesday show that Maine remains one of the safest states, but drug addiction continues to be a serious threat, driving property and violent crimes. click image to enlarge. Maine's violent crime rate in …
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No Link Seen Between Child Stimulant Use and Later Drug Abuse
The diagnosis rate rose to 19 percent for boys of high school age. Stimulant medication is by far the most prevalent treatment for childhood A.D.H.D., with the vast majority of children at least trying medication and about 60 percent of them staying on …
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Theater Review: 'Trainspotting' At The Elephant Theatre
This is the type of play that would have a hard time even getting an R rating with its bountiful sex, violence, and drugs, offences so abundant that the audience becomes desensitized to them. But in spite of all this, the actors' … Based on Irvine …
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Reader's view: We all must be held accountable
Most of the responses were: on drugs, on alcohol, on gambling or even on tattoos. As a taxpayer this … As a former drug addict healed by the blood of Jesus, I feel we must all stand tall, in love — and hold others accountable for their actions …
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'Nikita' Season 3: Devon Sawa Previews Owen's Encounter With Amanda …
"Nikita" Season 3 has already proven eventful, with Team Nikita back inside Division's walls, Michael (Shane West) and Nikita (Maggie Q) engaged, Alex (Lyndsy Fonseca) relapsing into drug addiction and, most recently, the loss of Michael's hand — all …
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Charlie Sheen: the road to rehab
It is the kind of aphorism that, even when he was at his most manic, distinguished Sheen from other Hollywood stars having public breakdowns fuelled by drugs and alcohol. He is slight, frowning, thoughtful; gloomy about himself, …. He's half poking …
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When Science Goes To Pot Part II: Evaluations And Perceptions
Office of National Drug Control Policy (via Whitehouse.gov 2012): "Marijuana and other illicit drugs are addictive and unsafe especially for use by young people. As officials with the National Institute on Drug Abuse state, drug addiction is a …
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Scared to death, saddling up anyway
Have you ever had an addiction? I have, but fortunately I was able to conquer it. You see, when I was a toddler my parents, desperate to get me to stop sucking my thumb, resorted to bribery and promised to buy me a new pair of cowboy boots if I kicked …
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Oregon finds efforts to treat drug addicts paying off
That philosophy fuels Oregon's nationally reputed system of addiction care that officials, health experts and treatment professionals say provides lessons for Kentucky as it struggles with a crippling prescription drug-abuse problem and an overwhelmed …
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AFL players turning to private rehabilitation clinics for drug abuse treatment
At least two Melbourne-based footballers have sought help for treatment of addiction to methamphetamine, more commonly known as ice. The Herald Sun … Surely they need to be stronger when a really disappointing story has been published. I'm meeting …
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Addicts overwhelm Kentucky's drug treatment options
Her story is not unusual. In a state plagued by one of the worst prescription drug abuse problems in the nation, where nearly 1,000 people a year die of overdoses, a Courier-Journal investigation has found that Kentucky's treatment options are woefully …
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Governor pardons Newport Beach resident
Thomas George Pfleger, 61, received a pardon for three previous convictions in 1970, 1976 and 1983 for drug-related offenses and second-degree robbery, according to his pardon. "He is ecstatic, and feels it was a great Christmas present," said Pfleger …
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Saturday State News Briefs: Fromer DOC agent admits drug addiction
WAUSAU – The attorney for a former state Department of Corrections probation agent says his client admits she has an addiction and is cooperating with authorities. Forty-one year old … Charges against Hoenisch include felony drug possession and …
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Evangelism is not sales (again)
I put this in quotes because sharing should be voluntary on both sides and me trying not to be rude for whatever reason is not the same thing as me opting in on this experience. Sometimes I'm interested in which case it really is sharing, sometimes I'm …
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