Teen Substance Abuse Treatment – Discovery in Recovery – Center for Discovery

Teen Substance Abuse Treatment – Discovery in Recovery – Center for Discovery – A client of Center for Discovery discusses Discovery in Recovery, the post-treatment support system at Center for Discovery. She discusses the different type…

Price of Addiction: New opioid treatment can work wonders but there are limits …

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Another drug therapy — buprenorphine, which goes under the brand name Suboxone — is dispensed mainly through doctors' offices, rather than methadone clinics. Fueled by a nationwide opioid abuse epidemic, which is particularly acute in Oregon, …
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Putting the brain bacl in balance: Steps in recovery

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Deborah Smith, vice president of clinical services at the Life Treatment Center, emphasizes that friends and families must learn how to support those with substance problems, without enabling them in ways that allow the abuse to continue. Life …
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CU-Boulder launching #AdderallProblems campaign to curb prescription drug …

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Two students in the University of Colorado's community health are hoping to start a conversation about abusing drugs like Adderall, a stimulant often used to treat narcolepsy and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Some students, including those …
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