Merced County Effort Aims to Teach Kids Humane Animal Treatment

Merced County effort aims to teach kids humane animal treatment

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Teaching kids how to be kind to animals and humanely care for pets could prevent violence and animal abuse later in life, according to Merced County animal control officials. That's the idea behind the county's effort to put together an animal …
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Access to Opioids Different Around the World

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“Drugs based on these substances were long considered taboo due to their alleged addictive nature, but in recent years their usefulness in treating patients with severe chronic pain has clearly been recognized in medicine and in health policy.” But …
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Number of babies born with drug addiction rising

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Vaught noted in 2012, 4,500 people in the region were in need of substance abuse treatment, with 17 percent, or 855 people receiving treatment through her agency. She said 29 percent of … Doty said statistics gathered for a period of Jan. 1 to Sept …
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Open for Business: Live Sober Now Brings Drug & Alcohol Treatment Placement

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In the United States, drug addiction is a major issue. Statistics from 2011 found that about 22.5 million Americans ages 12 and older had either used an illegal drug or abused a prescription drug intended for psycho-therapeutic purposes during the …
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