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Rush to quality: Fla.
probe of sober homes fuels interest in best-practices summit
The fallout from an ongoing investigation into insurance
fraud and related practices in South Florida's recovery homes and primary
treatment centers is having a beneficial effect for leaders of the national
association promoting standards of operation for sober residences. Please
click here for more.
Stoners on the job: Nearly
10% of Americans went to work high
A new report has found nearly 1 in 10 Americans are showing
up to work high on marijuana. Mashable.com conducted the survey in partnership
with SurveyMonkey, and found 9.7 percent of Americans fessed up to smoking
cannabis before showing up to the office. Please click here for more.
New App Helps Guide
Treatment for Alcohol Withdrawal
A 42-year-old investment banker arrives at the emergency
department with complaints of nausea, vomiting, anxiety, and tremor. He drinks
alcohol every day—often at business lunches, and at home every evening. Worried
about his health, he decided to quit drinking and had his last scotch 24 hours
before coming to emergency. Please click here
for more.
Reversing the effects of
binge drinking on mental health
Alcohol binge drinking is bad at any age. But binge drinking
if you're young and have a mental health issue is a recipe for disaster. Please
click here for more.
U.S. Online Gambling
Market Could Hit $5.2 Billion By 2020: Morgan Stanley
According to research from Morgan Stanley, the online
gambling industry in the United States could hit $5.2 billion in 2020, if there
are at least 20 states to have legalized the activity by then. Right now, just
Nevada, New Jersey and Delaware have legal online gambling. New Jersey’s industry
yields more than $10 million a month; Nevada’s is about $1 million a month, and
Delaware’s has reached as high as $240,000 for a single month. Please
click here for more.
U.S. heroin deaths double
in link to prescription painkillers: CDC
The over-prescribing of painkillers is fuelling nearly
17,000 annual deaths from overdoses in the United States as well as a rise in
heroin use, according to a study released by the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention. Please
click here for more.
The online illicit drug
economy is booming. Here’s what people are buying.
In October 2013, the FBI shut down Silk Road, a thriving
online black market where, with a bit of technical know-how, you could to
purchase things like illicit drugs, forged documents and weapons. Think Amazon,
but for drugs and other not-so-legal things. The FBI may have hoped that
shutting down Silk Road would take a bite out of illicit drug sales online. But
if anything, it appears the opposite has happened. Please
click here for more.
When a Client Has a Drug
AddictionThe adviser eventually fired the client after his
repeated lapses.
When a client has a drug addiction, it often becomes an
adviser’s problem, too. Just ask Karen McIntyre. She had lost a client who
unexpectedly died due to medical negligence, but the late client’s 40-year-old
husband stayed on. The man eventually received over a million dollars from a
malpractice claim. Please
click here for more.
Is Marijuana
Harmful?
As decriminalization efforts take off, scientists aim to understand marijuana's adverse health effects.
As more states consider decriminalizing marijuana, the scientific and public health communities are beginning to catch up with answers to some of the tough research questions about broad usage of the drug in the general population. Please click here for more.
As decriminalization efforts take off, scientists aim to understand marijuana's adverse health effects.
As more states consider decriminalizing marijuana, the scientific and public health communities are beginning to catch up with answers to some of the tough research questions about broad usage of the drug in the general population. Please click here for more.
What a Pain! FDA Fires
Back At Critics of its Zohydro Policy
After months of intensifying criticism over its decision to approve the Zohydro ER prescription painkiller, the FDA is trying to push back. Please click here for more.
After months of intensifying criticism over its decision to approve the Zohydro ER prescription painkiller, the FDA is trying to push back. Please click here for more.
Schools Key to
Reaching Kids With Mental Health Needs, Experts Say
Schools can play a crucial role in helping the 10 percent to 20 percent of children worldwide who would benefit from some form of mental health treatment, experts say. Please click here for more.
Schools can play a crucial role in helping the 10 percent to 20 percent of children worldwide who would benefit from some form of mental health treatment, experts say. Please click here for more.
Hardly anyone uses
heroin. So why do we keep freaking out about it?
Heroin deaths are on the rise, according to the Centers for Disease Control. The overdose death rate from heroin doubled in two years, from 1 death per 100,000 population in 2010 to 2.1 deaths in 2012. These statistics are alarming, and they are likely to add to a collective heroin freak-out that's been ongoing since at least February this year, when Philip Seymour Hoffmann overdosed on heroin and some other drugs. But it's important to keep these numbers in context. Please click here for more.
Heroin deaths are on the rise, according to the Centers for Disease Control. The overdose death rate from heroin doubled in two years, from 1 death per 100,000 population in 2010 to 2.1 deaths in 2012. These statistics are alarming, and they are likely to add to a collective heroin freak-out that's been ongoing since at least February this year, when Philip Seymour Hoffmann overdosed on heroin and some other drugs. But it's important to keep these numbers in context. Please click here for more.
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