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Psychiatric facility given 'conditional' status
South Bend TribunePLYMOUTH — The Indiana Division of Mental Health and Addiction has placed a Plymouth psychiatric hospital for children and adults on a “conditional certificate” for the next three months. The special audit, conducted at the facility...Tags: Mental Health, Recreational Substance Use, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Gov. Tom Corbett says failed drug tests keeping people from working
Capitol IdeasYo! Gov. Tom Corbett is catching a ton of flak across the state and nation for saying employers are having trouble finding qualified workers because so many fail drug tests. But is Corbett wrong? Democrats think he is – but...... -
Survey measures drug and alcohol use among Meyersdale youth
Daily American Staff Writer, @daalyssacMEYERSDALE — Problems in the community could be driving Meyersdale area students to drug use, according to a survey. Meyersdale curriculum director Tim Kretchman presented the results of the Communities That Care survey during an open meeting...Tags: Methamphetamine (drug), Recreational Substance Use, Students, Teaching and Learning, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Congress must restore federal funding for needle exchange
In 2009, Congress passed legislation reversing the decades-old ban on the use of federal funding for syringe exchange but, for unclear reasons, in late 2011, it reversed this decision, again withholding federal funding from programs that provide drug...
Tags: Hepatitis C , U.S. Congress, Medical Specialization, Politics, Recreational Substance Use
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Drug testing bill awaits Brownback's signature
Senators have sent a bill to Gov. Sam Brownback's desk that would require Kansas residents who receive welfare and unemployment benefits to submit to drug testing. The Senate voted 29-9 on Tuesday to accept changes made to the bill by the House...
Tags: Executive Branch, Recreational Substance Use, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Employment Opportunities, Employment
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Drug addiction rising in Egypt, officials say
CAIRO -- The Egyptian government says it is taking steps to battle drug addiction, especially among young people, which has escalated amid deepening social and economic problems since the 2011 uprising that toppled former President Hosni Mubarak. The...Tags: Egypt, Drug Trafficking, Addiction, Recreational Substance Use, Tramadol (drug)
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Where Obama should hear Paul: Legal pot
As the nation's capital prepares to open its first legal medicinal marijuana dispensary and Sen. Rand Paul's call for legalization basks in bipartisan praise, it's time for President Barack Obama to clear the air around his own passive-aggressive...Tags: Recreational Substance Use, Barack Obama, Fox News Channel (tv network), Justice and Rights, Justice System
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Athletes only too happy to be 'lab rats'
After discovering that a promising new drug caused multiple types of cancer in lab animals, the pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline stopped developing the compound. But the failed experimental drug, called GW501516, is making a comeback in another...
Tags: Sports, Pharmaceuticals, Steroids, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Food and Drug Administration
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Lake Highland fights drugs with tests
Most schools have a drug problem, and private schools are no different. Private schools often get a worse rap because kids with money can buy the really potent stuff. Lake Highland Preparatory isn't being specific about student drug use other than...
Tags: Public Schools, Education, U.S. Supreme Court, Recreational Substance Use, Schools
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It's a problem
Gov. Tom Corbett is right to point out that drugs are hurting people's ability to find good jobs. On Monday Corbett commented about too many Pennsylvanians being unemployed because they cannot pass a drug test. Democrats have criticized his comment....Tags: Executive Branch, Politics, Recreational Substance Use, Government, Tom Corbett
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School districts work to find drug test funds
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — Two Indiana school districts that test students for drug use are facing challenges as they look for ways to fund the programs. Officials at Southwest Allen County Schools and Smith-Green Community Schools in Churubusco...
Tags: Recreational Substance Use, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Maryland families to get new tool in fight against drug overdoses
Linda Fletcher lives in fear of reliving a nightmare: a son dying from a heroin overdose. Her son Kris Klipner succumbed to the drug in 2007. He was 28. Klipner's half-brother battles the same kind of depression as Kris. He suffers the same heroin...
Tags: Family, Methadone (drug), Perry Hall, Recreational Substance Use, Maryland General Assembly
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