Your Brain on Drugs: Alcohol

Published August 11, 2013

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Ontario County Jail programs target substance abuse

Filed under: alcohol and drug abuse help

While an inmate at the Ontario County Jail, she took part in a program offered at the jail by the Finger Lakes Addictions Counseling & Referral Agency Inc. that helps inmates struggling with drug or alcohol abuse. Substance Abuse3.jpg. Substance Abuse2 …
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Deputies, Bridgeway staff train for new substance abuse prevention program

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Tuesday's training focused primarily on how to encourage students to avoid substance abuse. Wednesday's session looked at ways to help students who already use drugs or alcohol. In one scenario, Morehouse paired up participants and asked them to play …
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BREAKING THE CYCLE OF ADDICTION IN FAMILIES

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Approximately 8.3 million children in the United States live in a home with at least one parent in need of treatment for alcohol and/or drug dependency, and these kids are four times more likely to develop substance abuse issues of their own. A study …
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