DSHS Chief: Legislature to blame for lack of drug treatment funding
DSHS Chief: Legislature to blame for lack of drug treatment funding
The top human services official in the state, Sec. of DSHS, Kevin Quigley, authored a string of emails Thursday to defend his agency and put the blame squarely on the legislature for failing to adequately fund outpatient and detox drug treatment for …
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Superbugs thriving as antibiotics get overused and misued
While domestic vaccination programs provide invaluable protection, the CDC said, it's also important to build the public health infrastructure globally to prevent and detect health threats. 4. … More and more bacteria are becoming resistant to the …
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How Much Should Hepatitis C Treatment Cost?
The question is whether insurers and public programs like Medicare and Medicaid should have to pay so much for this drug, driving up costs for taxpayers and private policyholders. Gilead says the price is consistent with the cost of previous treatment …
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California On Drugs.avi — drug “free drug rehab” “teen drug rehab” “holistic drug rehab” “drug rehab programs” “drug addiction rehab” “inpatient drug rehab” “drug rehab treatment” “dr…
Stop drug use
Stop drug use
Stronger, truly addictive drugs are health issues and drug addiction should be treated as an illness – not as a crime. Other countries provide addicts with drugs as medicines (we do,too, with Methadone which is basically heroin) undercutting the …
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SD Deputies First to Carry OD Prevention Drug
Gretchen Burns Bergman, a drug reform advocate, has two sons who have struggled with drug addiction. She has heard people write off drug addicts and say, "They chose that. Let them die." But she believes every life is worth saving, even if a person …
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Prescription drug abuse is foe we can beat
In Tennessee, we face an epidemic of prescription drug abuse. We are second per capita nationally for overuse of these medications. Consider these alarming statistics: In 2010, on average, for each adult across our state, 51 pills of hydrocodone, 22 …
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how many aids deaths in usa in 2005?
Question by rjsandpas: how many aids deaths in usa in 2005?
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Answer by Whispers of the Winds
Check out the aids epidemic update link below…
2005} Adult and child deaths due to AIDS: 30 000 [19 000–42 000]
The estimated number of people living with HIV in the United States of America (USA) at the end of 2003 exceeded one million for the first time, up from the corresponding figure of 850 000–950 000 for 2002 (US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2004a). There were an estimated 1.04 million–1.2 million HIV cases in the USA at the end of 2003. The increase reflects the fact that people with HIV are living longer due to antiretroviral treatment, as well as the failure to adapt and sustain the prevention successes achieved during the epidemic’s first 10–15 years. Approximately 32 000 new HIV cases were recorded in 2003 in the 33 states with confidential, name-based reporting, a number that has stayed relatively stable since the late 1990s. (Those 33 reporting states do not include California and New York, which have the highest number of persons living with HIV.)
The majority of people living with HIV in the USA are men who have sex with men, and sex between men remains the dominant mode of transmission, accounting for 63% of newly-diagnosed HIV infections in 2003, according to the latest available data (US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2004a). Reports of increased risky behaviour have increased in recent years, some of it apparently associated with recreational drug use. A new ?ve-city study, however, has revealed a variety of trends (the cities were Baltimore, Los Angeles, Miami, New York City and San Francisco).
HIV incidence among men who have sex with men in San Francisco, for example, now appears to be lower than previously estimated (1.2% in the 2004-2005 study compared with earlier, of?cial estimates of 2.2%). But in Baltimore, HIV incidence of 8% has been found in men who have sex with men. Forty percent of the men participating in the study tested HIV-positive, and 62% of them had been unaware of their infection (US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2005). Overall, one quarter of people living with HIV in the USA are believed to be unaware that they are infected. This lack of knowledge about one’s HIV status is particularly evident among African American men who have sex with men: the ?ve-city study found that about two thirds of HIV-positive African Americans who have sex with other men had been unaware of their serostatus.
… how annoying… why are you people guessing… go witht he facts… or better yet list your sources
I’m not a Doctor…I’m just a Corpsman…
Answer by Nazrin
2.1 MILLION
CDC: Antibiotic Overuse Can Be Lethal
Prescribing practices vary widely, with doctors in some hospitals providing three times as many antibiotics for patients as physicians in other facilities treating similar types of patients, concluded the report, produced by the Centers for Disease …
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Can San Francisco Become the First AIDS-Free City?
“We can do much better than that,” she says, and goes on to envision a city in which diagnosis, treatment on demand, and outreach services such as housing, substance abuse counseling, and mental health counseling are integrated under one umbrella of …
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Is drug rehab effective for a person with addiction? And what are the services offered by the center?
Question by Mill Boon: Is drug rehab effective for a person with addiction? And what are the services offered by the center?
It’s because I want to enter my brother in a rehab center because of his addiction to cocaine. Also, can somebody give me an idea on how long the treatment process would probably take?
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Answer by hypejack
Drug rehabilitation is the only way to treat addiction to a particular drug or substance. Cocaine addiction is a serious disease that needs comprehensive treatment process like detoxification, counseling and other addiction recovery program.
Answer by Tony
Postive results at a drug rehab depends greatly on the person’s desire to stay clean and sober. Some programs are anywhere from 28 days to a year. Make sure your brother wants treatment or his chances of getting clean are slim.
Research eyes pot as pain reliever
The National Institute on Drug Abuse has a few grant-funded studies on active ingredients in marijuana used as withdrawal medicine for opiates and a treatment medicine for methamphetamine and tobacco addiction, according to the institute's website. In …
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Kellerman seeks fifth term as Perry County Sheriff
He said his office has made inroads into the Perry County drug problem and he heralded convictions in several important cases, including the Sidnee Stephens murder. Challenging Kellerman on the Democratic ballot … Reidelberger has served in several …
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Maryland House looks to expand medical marijuana law, considering other …
None of those centers — including the University of Maryland Medical System and Johns Hopkins University — has been willing to participate, however, so legislators are looking to tweak the law to help patients who could benefit from the drug to …
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Heroin addict knows it's slowly killing her – but she can't quit
Primarily, though, her use of heroin and other opiates is for maintenance. It prevents the aches, the … Katherine can get more heroin for a lower price, but she knows that the higher-priced drugs will have longer-lasting effects. Scraping together …
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Have 46 yr old brother who is severe alcoholic, despite 2-3 lengthy treatment programs. He can’t take a job.
Question by Butterfly queen: Have 46 yr old brother who is severe alcoholic, despite 2-3 lengthy treatment programs. He can’t take a job.
He has stayed w/ my spouse, 18 yr old son on and off for past 20 yrs. Has been through 2 60 day treatment programs this year alone. Has worked on getting a a “good” job for over 2 mos. When he finally gets it, he relapses and screws it up. Our father, as well as his sponsor at AA both think he needs to be commited for at least 6 mos to a year. After a 6 day binge, he is willing to seek add’l help, but problem seems to always come up after he spends 2 mos. trying to get a job that once he gets it, he starts a binge, which is precisely what just happened. My husband no longer wants him to stay w/ us, he has no home, needs further treatment. I have researched what it takes to commit someone, but since he is willing to go for treatment, not an issue. Our dad thinks we can commit him and then we be the one to judge when he can be released. I have been his #1 enabler, but NO MORE. How to explain to dad this is not how commitment works? Can print out variety of research. HELP PLEASE!!
One major thing that presents a big obstacle is that my brother has not been able to work for approx. past 7 years. Therefore, he is homeless! He never has been able to follow through with any type of after care treatment when we allow him to stay with us. When he relapses, it causes a great deal of havoc within our home, so NO MORE staying w/ us. Has had 2 relapses after his last 60 day treatment program which ended only 2 mos. ago. With no job, no insurance, he is only entitled to state sponsored rehab programs. To me, he needs to address psychological issues MORE than his alcoholic tendencies. ANY SUGGESTIONS OTHER THAN THE OBVIOUS ONES OF ME ATTENDING AL-ANON, OF CEASING TO BE HIS ENABLER ARE MORE THAN WELCOME!!! THANKS A BUNCH !!!
As of latest writing of this question, brother is once again going to go into treatment center/rehab for his alcholism…..do they provide adequate mental health counselling in these rehabs? Think he needs to focus more on the psychological issues he has that perhaps can lead him to drink…..any suggestions???
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Answer by Sammy
I don’t really understand your question, but yes he should be commited for at least 6 months, and since he is willing it shouldnt be a problem.
Answer by jackiegnac
dont turn him in,he will feel sorry for himself and might get worse.im 27,and an ******.my parents are heroin addicts.some family are drinkers too.i say, dont help him at all.tell the rest of the family not to either, when he realizes no one wants to help him ,he will want to help himself after he misses his family
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Bible Passages that Could Get You Killed
Pastor Jamie Coots, a snake-handling minister from Middlesboro, Kentucky and former star of the National Geographic reality show Snake Salvation, died after being bitten by a snake in church. …. There is only pro-Russian political marketing on …
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Sociology Essay Ideas?
Question by homeslice: Sociology Essay Ideas?
Hello everyone, Can someone throw out some topic ideas for an essay I have to write an essay about anything that relates to sociology. Does anyone know a good topic, ot easy topic to discuss in my essay, i would appreciate the ideas thanks.!!!
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Answer by LauraLorLor
Surely you can come up with something yourself? Sociology is a very broad subject.
Here are some very general aspects of society to get you started:
Religion
Education
Sociological methods (research methods – questionnaires, interviews etc)
Gender
Social class
Answer by mtnglo
Boys & Absent Fathers
Family Violence
Substance Abuse & the Family
Adoption
Adolescent Suicide
Teenage Drug & Alcohol Abuse
Homeless Veterans
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