“Promoting a Recovery-Friendly Community”: Taos, New Mexico, USA

“Promoting a Recovery-Friendly Community”: Taos, New Mexico, USA – Recovery-Friendly Taos County, USA Thank you Taos County for making the 1st Annual Taos County Substance Abuse Summit on October 24, 2012 a success! We had o…

Get nonviolent offenders out of crowded jail

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The County Commissioners Association of Pennsylvania sent a team to Europe to study this problem. It was an … Europe has much better outcomes (measured) because of their positive methods, which focus on treating the problems and behaviors with the …
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Morning Break: NP-MD War of Words, Pay Transparency

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The percentage of adolescents using alcohol, cigarettes, and illicit drugs declined between 2008 and 2011, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration found. Four lots of the IV antibiotic drug daptomycin (Cubicin) have been recalled …
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Saunders column: Weed really can heal

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It calmed the constant hiccuping of a 19-year-old. Israelis use it to treat Parkinson's disease and other ailments. Gupta took on the federal government's classification of marijuana as a Schedule I drug, which has no accepted medical use but has a …
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