More Addicts to Receive Treatment Under Health Law

More addicts to receive treatment under health law

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PHOENIX (AP) – More than 133,000 Arizonans with drug and alcohol addictions will become newly eligible for insurance next year under the federal health care overhaul, an increase in demand that will put added pressure on substance abuse treatment …
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Sacramento Proposed Bill, "Homeless Bill of Rights," Would Block Enforcement

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AB 5, titled the Homeless Person's Bill of Rights and Fairness Act by its author Assemblyman Tom Ammiano (D., San Francisco), would also give homeless persons the right to decline admittance to shelters or social service programs "for any reason he or …
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Will UBC Tylenol study lead to more treatment of mental-illness symptoms

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However, overuse or abuse can become a problem. Benzodiazepines (such as Valium and Xanax) are psychoactive drugs commonly used to treat anxiety disorders. According to a 1986 report titled Adverse Effects of Prolonged Benzodiazepine Use, written …
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