Mental Health First Aid
Mental Health First Aid
Filed under: effects of drug abuse
If the illness is debilitating, ongoing medication or short-term hospitalization might be needed. Study and application of effective behavioral strategies and … Typically a 12-hour course over two days, it includes identification of risk factors and …
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Shining a light on Rx drug abuse
Filed under: effects of drug abuse
One of the problems the young minds are tackling is prescription drug abuse. Abuse of prescription drugs such as Oxycontin or Vicodin, opiates with morphine-like effects, can cause death, especially when combined with alcohol. It can also lead addicts …
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To Puff or Not to Puff
Filed under: effects of drug abuse
“Considering all the facts, it is irresponsible to consider cannabis in a trivial way and to think of it as being 'a soft drug,' that is, one without remarkable effects on the organism,” the council stated. Studies rejecting the myth of benign …
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