Prescription drug abuse strategy targets governments, health practitioners

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A survey of youth smokers in 2010-11 found that 8.2 per cent of Canadians in grades 6 to 12 reported using prescription and over-the-counter drugs in the previous year to get high. In Ontario, 18.6 per cent of people seeking addiction treatment in 2010 …
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Freedom Drug Rehab Offers New Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Treatment for …

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Effective addiction treatment may go much deeper than simply ridding the body of the addictive substance; it instead may need to address underlying issues in the mind. Freedom Treatment Center's introduction of cognitive behavioral therapy program, or …
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Hampstead Hospital opens post-detox program

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New Hampshire has the capacity to serve just 5 percent of the 100,000 people with substance abuse problems with short-term residential treatment programs, according to an official with the Department of Health and Human Services. Recovery Matters is …
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