Dr. David Sack of Promises Treatment Centers Interview About Prescription Drug Abuse on FuseTV

Dr. David Sack of Promises Treatment Centers Interview about Prescription Drug Abuse on FuseTV – Dr. David Sack, CEO of renowned Promises Treatment Centers is interviewed on Fuse TV about the use of prescription drugs in the mainstream, as well as in the…

Marion frustrated by spike in drug abuse

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Dave Wilhelm, clinical associate director at the Marion Area Counseling Center, which offers one of the few treatment programs in town for heroin addicts, said about 90 percent of the people the center treats have an opiate addiction. The counseling …
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Warren physicians accused of illegally distributing drugs

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DEA Special Agent in Charge Robert Corso said, “This indictment is another example of DEA's determination to combat the troubling prescription drug abuse problem in this country. These two doctors abused their positions of trust and jeopardized the …
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Lawmakers want clampdown on prescription drug abuse

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Without that federal funding, "we've shifted our focus from that effort to other technologies," Westley Clark, head of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's substance abuse treatment center, told the panel. That shift of focus …
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Inside Goodwill's work release centers: sloppy supervision, ongoing complaints

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Goodwill has a poor track record of helping inmates with substance abuse problems. Investigators found that 47 percent of Largo inmates with such problems in fiscal 2011-12 — 107 out of 230 — were released without getting any treatment. • Just two …
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