Posts Tagged ‘Mental health’

Addiction – Amazing piece by Mia Michaels. I’ve watched this dance about 50 times and i still get goosebumps.

Seeing addiction for what it is
The ripple effect is clear when families struggle to find treatment centers for their loved ones or when youths with minor, nonviolent drug offenses fill county jails. Not unrelated, we do not have enough beds in our treatment facilities of all types …
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Heroin: “Biggest threat to hit Vermont”
The Howard Center offers services for children and families, counseling, support for people with disabilities and mental health challenges and rehabilitation for drug addicts, Bick said. “The Governor deserves a lot of credit for not only shining a …
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Find More Opiate Rehab Centers Information…

by Steve Rhodes

Question by Littlemswright: Who says money and fame won’t get you what you want?
LOS ANGELES – Music legend Phil Spector has been assigned to a “sensitive needs facility” in California’s largest state prison to serve his sentence for murdering an actress.

Spector was taken Monday to the California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility and State Prison at Corcoran, where 6,919 other inmates are housed, corrections spokeswoman Terry Thornton said.

She said Spector was assigned to the sensitive needs facility rather than general population. He doesn’t have a cellmate.

As a medium security inmate, Spector can make some requests for items he wants in his cell, and his wife acknowledges her husband is already creating a list.

“He wants a TV and an iPod or something like that for listening to music,” Rachelle Spector said Tuesday. “And he would like to be able to receive e-mail.”

Crimea Side-Effect: Addicts Deprived of Methadone – ABC News

Crimea Side–Effect: Addicts Deprived of Methadone ABC News Every morning, Sergei Kislov takes the bus to the rundown outskirts of this port city for the methadone doses that keep him off heroin without suffering withdrawal. Now that Russia has taken over Crimea, the trips are about to end. "For a month and a … and more »

Methadone Side Effects – Google News

AP News in Brief at 5:58 a.m. EDT – Kansas City Star

AP News in Brief at 5:58 a.m. EDT Kansas City Star Crimean side–effect: Heroin addicts deprived of methadone because Russia bans it. SEVASTOPOL, Crimea (AP) — Every morning, Sergei Kislov takes the bus to the rundown outskirts of this port city for the methadone doses that keep him off heroin without … and more »

Methadone Side Effects – Google News

Drugging America’s Veterans: Painkiller Abuse Spreads as VA Becomes Vets … – Democracy Now

Drugging America's Veterans: Painkiller Abuse Spreads as VA Becomes Vets … Democracy Now … which were prescribed to treat a myriad of mental health and other physical injuries. According to the investigation, VA prescriptions for four opiates — hydrocodone, oxycodone, methadone and morphine — have surged by 270 percent in the past 12 … and more »

Methadone Detox – Google News

Drug addict cannot forgive herself because her daughter was born a heroin addict – Information-Analytic Agency NEWS.am

Information-Analytic Agency NEWS.am

Drug addict cannot forgive herself because her daughter was born a heroin addict Information-Analytic Agency NEWS.am The newborn girl went through a detox, and doctors had to give her methadone orally to help prevent her suffering from withdrawal symptoms. “The midwives had been lovely during my labour but all that changed after Georgia was born and I was moved to …

Crimea side-effect: Addicts deprived of methadone – Yahoo News

Yahoo News

Crimea side–effect: Addicts deprived of methadone Yahoo News SEVASTOPOL, Crimea (AP) — Every morning, Sergei Kislov takes the bus to the rundown outskirts of this port city for the methadone doses that keep him off heroin without suffering withdrawal. Now that Russia has taken over Crimea, the trips are about … and more »

Methadone Side Effects – Google News

AP News in Brief at 5:58 a.m. EDT – Kansas City Star

AP News in Brief at 5:58 a.m. EDT Kansas City Star Crimean side–effect: Heroin addicts deprived of methadone because Russia bans it. SEVASTOPOL, Crimea (AP) — Every morning, Sergei Kislov takes the bus to the rundown outskirts of this port city for the methadone doses that keep him off heroin without … and more »

Methadone Side Effects – Google News

Crimea side-effect: Addicts deprived of methadone – Yahoo News

Yahoo News

Crimea side–effect: Addicts deprived of methadone Yahoo News SEVASTOPOL, Crimea (AP) — Every morning, Sergei Kislov takes the bus to the rundown outskirts of this port city for the methadone doses that keep him off heroin without suffering withdrawal. Now that Russia has taken over Crimea, the trips are about … and more »

Methadone Side Effects – Google News

AP News in Brief at 5:58 a.m. EDT – Kansas City Star

AP News in Brief at 5:58 a.m. EDT Kansas City Star Crimean side–effect: Heroin addicts deprived of methadone because Russia bans it. SEVASTOPOL, Crimea (AP) — Every morning, Sergei Kislov takes the bus to the rundown outskirts of this port city for the methadone doses that keep him off heroin without … and more »

Methadone Side Effects – Google News