Straight Talk – Youth Drug Abuse Treatment Centre – AARC – Dr. Dean Vause talks about youth alcohol and drug addiction. Affecting the youths development and the family as a whole. Alberta Adolescent Recovery Centre i…

STOPP-ing Prescription Drug Abuse

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Preventing these deaths should be a national priority, and two measures that could help to reduce these tragedies — the Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, and the Stop Tampering of Prescription Pills (STOPP) Act — are an excellent …
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Bank robber Stephen Reid given day parole for substance–abuse treatment

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The Parole Board of Canada has granted day parole to Stephen Reid, but only to attend a substance-abuse program, Patrick Storey, parole board spokesman, confirmed Thursday. As soon as a treatment bed becomes available, Reid will be granted day …
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