How to Prepare Your Agency for Telehealth: A Decision Matrix

How to Prepare your Agency for Telehealth: A Decision Matrix – According to a 2009 study by the National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors (NASADAD), addiction treatment providers in fewer than 16 sta…

K Theft From Little League: Vendor Complaints Made Board Suspicious

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Last month, city police reported that they are investigating the theft of more than $ 46,000 from the city office of the Lehigh Valley Drug and Alcohol Intake Unit, a bi-county agency that provides drug and alcohol addiction treatment services. Also in …
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Utah lawmaker will help moms import cannabis extract

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First, he is seeking buy-in from the Utah Substance Abuse Advisory Council to treat the extract as something other than a controlled substance, allowing families to import it without risk of being arrested. story continues below. story continues below.
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This Cartoon Proves Why It's Time to Legalize Marijuana in America

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In 2009, the Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse published a study which found: "Health-related costs per user are eight times higher for drinkers than they are for those who use cannabis, and are more than 40 times higher for tobacco smokers." Moreover …
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Take a stand against agricultural antibiotic use

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Now the effectiveness of antibiotics is being threatened by new forms of drug-resistant bacteria, "superbugs," that are immune to many, if not all, of the antibiotics we have to treat them. More than two million … Since the 1970s, scientists have …
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