Young Women and Drug Abuse


 

Young Women and Drug Abuse – FOX 9-TV interviews Hazelden’s Medical Director, Dr. Joe Lee, regarding young women and drug abuse. Young women have higher rates of mental health issues than boys and need special care. Girls have just as high rate of addiction as boys, and are more prone to depression and eating disorders. Dr. Lee explains the expansion of Hazelden’s Youth and Families in Plymouth, Minnesota. For more information about Hazelden, please visit www.hazelden.org or call 800-257-7810. For more about Hazelden’s youth treatment please visit www.hazelden.org

 

New Foundation to Focus on Addiction Treatment, Prevention

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The board will determine how the Foundation, once active, can best serve the community. Its focus will be on addiction and substance abuse, said Gina de Peralta Thorne, director of business development for The Farley Center. Its funds could be used to …
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LA Times president puts the happy face on 2012

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Great journalism: we produced an array of high quality special projects such as “Dying for Relief,” about the epidemic of prescription drug deaths, and “Beyond 7 Billion,” a sweeping look at overpopulation and its consequences around the world. Our …
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Public-Private Partnership Expands Proven Drug/Alcohol Treatment Model in

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Its funding partners include the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the federal government's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention and its Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, the Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust, …
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Sentencing delayed for young shooter

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Connolly's relatives apologized to Schiff and his family and pleaded for mercy from Flathead County District Judge Stewart Stadler, asking that Connolly be given probation and ordered into strict substance-abuse treatment. The Flathead County Attorney …
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