drug abuse rehab
Missouri awards $7 million to Drug Task Force
Missouri Department of Public Safety announced today they will have a $7 million grant for law enforcement officials across Missouri to combat illegal drug and drug-related crimes. The multi-jurisdictional drug task force will get continued help and strength during these times of tight budgets. These grants will help Missouri communities become safer and stronger by [...]
Narconon Riverbend’s unique program
Narconon has a uniquely designed program. What that means to you is that they provide drug rehabilitation services that are 100% holistic, drug free and natural. They combine all of this with extensive education in life skills – skills that the addict may have been missing his whole life. The Narconon program is the only [...]
Drugs discovered washed up on Texas coast
According to the Houston Chronicle, drugs have been washing up on the Texas coastline at least once a month for the past year. The finds range from an 800 pound shipment of marijuana to a 24 kilogram packet of cocaine. Most recently, a Galveston, TX resident discovered a bag of cocaine bricks weighing almost forty [...]
Out of State Rehabs
When family members of addicts are culling through the wide variety of drug abuse rehabilitation options, one question often is in the forefront of their minds: “Should I consider sending him to a rehab out of state?” For most people, the knee-jerk answer is “No.” You are already sending your loved one into a strange [...]
Why Long Term Drug Rehab
When an addict is seeking treatment for the first time, he is often unwilling to look further than short-term and outpatient drug rehabs. The reasons for this are many fold, but the main issue is that the addict typically does not really have a good estimation as to the depth of his problem. There are [...]
Houston inhalant abuse trend: Freon
A disturbing new drug trend is sweeping through the Houston area: teenagers stealing Freon from air conditioners and huffing it for a buzz. While Freon abuse is an old story, the way it is being popularized is new. Houston, TX teenagers are huffing it and then posting videos of their inhalant abuse on YouTube. A [...]
Missouri Police Department Operates Pill Pick-Up Day
Residents in the Missouri town of Hazelwood provided local authorities with over 130 pounds of unused prescription medications as part of the National Prescription Drug Take Back event sponsored by the DEA and FDA. The majority of Missouri citizens turning in their unused prescription drugs were senior citizens with old pain medications that they no [...]
Mississippi Legislators Want to Link Welfare to Drug Testing
Mississippi is one of more than 25 states in the U.S. with a mandatory drug testing bill under consideration for welfare recipients. Such legislation has been considered for over a decade, but has yet to pass in a single state. Since over 70% of all illicit drug abusers are actually employed full-time, it is doubtful [...]
Louisiana Legislature Considers Designer Drug Ban
Legislators in Louisiana are answering the problem of widespread abuse of synthetic, or “designer” drugs by introducing a bill that would make the drugs Schedule I narcotics. A Schedule I narcotic is in the same class as ecstasy or heroin: a harmful, addictive substance with no medical use. The most commonly abused designer drugs in [...]
New York Police Officer Arrested for Faking Raids on Drug Dealers
A New York police officer just plead guilty to robbing New York City drug dealers. Emmanuel Tavarez was an officer, mainly working in the Transit Department of the police force, and used his badge as well as faked ID to assist in fake raids of drug dealers conducted by off-duty police officers. This work resulted [...]
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