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Alcoholism Treatment Centers and Studies Say Drinking Underage in the Home is Bad News

A new study says that parents who attempt (attempt being the keyword) to teach responsible drinking by allowing their teenagers to have alcohol at home are just plain wrong. The study of 428 Dutch families appears in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs. Researchers discovered that the more teenagers were permitted to drink […]

Finding Truth about Drug Treatment Centers

A drug treatment center in High Point, North Carolina was issued two administrative penalties for violating state statutes regarding medication requirements and clinical and nursing care problems after the January death of a patient. A branch of North Carolina’s Department of Health and Human Services issued the penalties against the Guilford Center. The penalties were […]

New Treatments in Depression Treatment Centers

A new kind of electroconvulsive therapy – a treatment for depression – has fewer side effects and is an effective treatment for manic depression. Depression treatment centers throughout Britain and the United States are utilizing “shock” therapy as a treatment. Electric shock treatment involves a small electrical current sent through the brain. The goal is […]

How to beat drug tests with proper guidance

Drug test has become now an essential part of employee screening and evaluation. Therefore it has also become essential to know the basic facts where you can manage to get a clean chit from the loopholes of common drug tests. However, if you are not drug or alcohol addict and occasionally take the liberty to […]

Understanding Opiate Detox

Opiates are outranked only by alcohol as humanity’s oldest and most persistent drug problem. Despite efforts of the legal and medical communities, more than one million people in the United States are opiate addicts. Advances in treatment and therapies are now offering a glimmer of hope to people. Opiate detox has come a long way. […]