Tag: addiction treatment
Board Votes Against Addiction Treatment Center in Greenleaf Township
A meeting was held last week to discuss the potential location of a residential addiction treatment center in Greenleaf Township, Michigan. Greenleaf Township is located...
Emergency Rooms Help Stem Opioid Crisis with Addiction Treatment
An increasing number of hospitals are starting to offer on-demand addiction treatment to patients who come into emergency rooms with opioid use disorders. It is...
Adolescent Drug Abuse Prompts Improved School Prevention Programs
To fight adolescent drug abuse, schools across the U.S. have been striving to implement more effective drug abuse prevention and education programs. While the U.S....
Addiction Treatment Center in Gaithersburg Opens This Week
A new addiction treatment center opened this week in Gaithersburg, Maryland to service the greater Washington D.C. area. After establishing drug rehabilitation centers in New...
Events Celebrate Drug Addiction Recovery in Aroostook County
A series of events will be happening through the month of September to celebrate drug addiction recovery across Aroostook County, Maine. The event that kicked...
An Overview of Drug Abuse in U.S. High Schools
A recent study shows that many American citizens recognize drug abuse is a national problem but most of them are not aware of the...
DEA Plans to Quintuple Amount of Cannabis Grown for Research
The U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) have proposed to significantly increase the amount of cannabis that can legally...
Potential Lansing Addiction Treatment Center Prompts Concerns
Despite a need for additional resources in Lansing, Michigan, local residents have raised concerns about a potential addiction treatment center that could serve the...
Inpatient Addiction Treatment Center in Connersville Receives Grant
An inpatient addiction treatment center in Connersville, Indiana will receive a $1 million grant from Purdue Pharma to help residents of Fayette County. Fayette Regional...
Prescription Opioids Affect Addiction Treatment in Norman
Several pharmaceutical companies are being sued for developing and distributing habit-forming opioid prescriptions that have perpetuated a rise in the number of residents in...