Drug Detox Vineland Uses Innovative Techniques to Treat Addicts

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A recent trend shows the addiction to prescription drugs, such as painkillers, is the fastest rising form of substance abuse in New Jersey. The program includes activities such as yoga, meditation, acupuncture as well as music and art therapy. … Drug …
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Saturday Is National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day

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Soaring rates of abuse of prescription drugs — especially painkillers such as Oxycontin and Vicodin — are a key reason for the annual event. Abuse rates in the United States are alarmingly high, the DEA said, with 6.8 million Americans abusing …
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Reality as a warning

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Aaron and his parents spoke to CdM high school and middle school students Thursday morning as part of the campus' anti-drug Red Ribbon Week. "When you were in school, did you abuse prescription drugs, marijuana, alcohol?" Sherrie asked her son.
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