Substance abuse

By Cara Murez, Health Day reporter (Health day) WEDNESDAY, June 16, 2021 (HealthDay News) – When young adults seek a casual romantic relationship, alcohol use is likely to follow, new research shows. Meanwhile, those who are already in a serious relationship are likely to drink less. The study involved more …

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Roy Blunt (Mo.) and Debbie Stabenow (Michigan) today announced their new bipartisan bill, the Excellence in Mental Health and Addiction Treatment Act of 2021. The legislation Expand high quality mental health and addiction services nationwide by giving each state the ability to fully fund the establishment …

The Colorado Department of Human Services, Office of Behavioral Health (OBH) will receive more than $ 94 million in additional federal grants to increase addiction and mental health services over the next four years, as the state responds to a increased demand caused by the covid19 pandemic. OBH worked with …

Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine has partnered with local organizations to launch a Mobile Outreach Team, or Rapid Response Team (QRT), in Wayne County to reduce overdoses and deaths from overdose, as well as bringing people with substance use disorders into contact with treatment. Several Wayne County …

By Andrew Mills and five other law enforcement officials. As executives of the police, we stand by the Constitution and our goal is to foster safe communities. Each of us is committed to ensuring that our policing practices are fair, equitable and balanced. Now we are tempering our public safety …

Although he’s taken a roundabout route to get here, defensive end Randy Gregory believes he can be a leader for young Dallas Cowboys players. DALLAS – Randy Gregory has had its ups and downs in the NFL and the Dallas Cowboys. For the first time in his NFL career, the …

June 11, 2021 (Washington, DC) – Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), the Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee which finances the Department of Justice (MJ), announced that the DOJ has awarded $ 1,380,376 in federal funding to New Hampshire to support law enforcement agencies in Granite State. Specifically, funding …

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) – The pandemic has led to an increase in drug addiction across the country, according to several studies. Many people have turned to drugs and alcohol to cope with additional stress and uncertainty, including some young people. RELATED: Mondays Dark Hosts Black Monday For Drug Addiction Nonprofit …

Researchers at UC San Diego, San Diego State University, and international collaborators have designed and validated a model for predicting overdose deaths. For two decades, the number of Americans who die of drug overdoses each year has steadily increased, from less than 20,000 in 1999 to more than 80,000 in …

Helping Children Succeed in Schools Bend-La Pine just won an apparent victory from Deschutes County. Deschutes County Budget Commission voted 4-2 on Friday to put in the county budget about $ 160,000 for a new partnership. The county would put health professionals in Bend-La Pine schools to work with students …