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In Reply: Medical professionals need pain treatment training

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It requires that most health care professionals, including doctors and nurses, take course work or training every four years in, among other things, “pain” and “preventing, identifying and responding to abuse of and addiction to prescription drugs …
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Drug addiction resources

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Below, find resources for those coping with addiction, such as this substance abuse treatment locator. The Phoenix House, a provider of substance abuse services that appeared on "Nightly News" tonight, has posted answers to frequently asked questions …
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Life After 50: Think You Have a Drinking Problem? How To Know And What To Do

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As AA has grown, a professional addiction-treatment industry has grown up alongside it. This industry, which now totals $ 2.8 billion dollars, has long promoted the use of the 12-step approach by professionals to treat patients for money. (AA itself …
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Largest group graduates from Oswego County Drug Treatment Court

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Drug Court is structured to give non-violent offenders with a history of substance abuse a second chance at life outside of prison. Those who are accepted into the treatment court program receive intensive supervision and monitoring by the court and …
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