Meet SALIS: Substance Abuse Librarians and Information Specialists


 

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8 warning signs your teen may be abusing prescription drugs

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Gavin, like a growing number of teenagers I treat, was an in-the-closet pill addict who innocently fell into the black hole of drug addiction after getting prescribed pain pills following a knee procedure his junior year. … Dr. Nicholas Kardaras is …
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NHS cuts funding to specialist charities who plugged gap in addiction services

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Under new terms set by the National Treatment Agency (NTA) for Substance Misuse — the NHS authority responsible for treating drug addiction — financial support can be given only to services that also support alcoholics and people addicted to illegal …
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Meds are good for treating alcoholism

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The findings make sense to addiction specialists given how each drug acts on the brain, according to Dr Raymond Anton, head of the Center for Drug & Alcohol Programs at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. Acamprosate is known to …
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