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Prevention Specialist, Matt, talks about the drug prevention curriculum "Life Skills." See all the programs that the Council on Chemical Abuse offers schools...

How Individuals Can Access Treatment
When it comes to loved getting help for drug and/or alcohol abuse, access to treatment can be challenging, especially if you have no insurance or your co-pay is high and you cannot afford it. Fortunately the Council on Chemical Abuse provides funding for the uninsured or under-insured who desire to get help and are seeking treatment. Bernice Hines Corbit, Case Manager…

Government agencies have been trying to protect children for nearly two hundred years. Why have they failed?

It can sound like name-calling, constantly correcting someone’s behavior or yelling at, denouncing or demeaning someone. It can also take the form of a prolonged silent treatment. If this type of relation...

In Iceland, teenage smoking, drinking and drug use have been radically cut in the past 20 years. Emma Young finds out how they did it, and why other countries won’t follow suit.

The way Iceland achieved this turnaround has been both radical and evidence-based, but it has relied a lot on what might be termed enforced common sense.

A new Harvard University study has cast doubts about the safety of flavored e-cigarettes, many of which have been found to contain a chemical tied to a respiratory disease commonly known as “popcorn lung.”

This week, a horrific attack in Syria—that experts believe included the use of chemical weapons—killed dozens of civilians, many of whom are children. The U.S. said the regime of President Bashar al-Assad is responsible for the attack
But, there are ways to help the victims of the attack and the people of Syria. As Jeremy Courtney of the group Preemptive Love explains, the organization is on…

Heroin-related overdoses jumped nearly 250 percent between 2010 and 2012 in Philadelphia and, depending on how they are measured, slightly more in Montgomery County. In Kentucky, they quadrupled in just one year.

Among the most baffling failures in gun policy—and there are many—is the fact that some victims of domestic violence don’t get the same protections from their abusers as others. Under current law, people convicted of misdemeanor domestic violence are only banned from owning guns if they are married to, have children with, or live with their victims. (That’s if they’re subjected to a background check, which is a big “if.”)

When Daniel was 8, his mom's brother moved in. While his mom was at work, his uncle turned into a monster. Daniel says his darkest moment was when he finally...

Most addicts start off the path to addiction using food as the first drug. Read Dianne Schwartz's article from Behavioral Health News here.

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Elder Sexual Abuse… And why we need to talk about it
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n honor of World Elder Abuse Awareness Day on June 15, 2016 we are pleased to share this guest blog post by Trisha Sheridan DNP WHNP-BC SANE-A CFN, clinical assistant professor at Emory University. Trisha is a forensic nurse and a nationally known expert on sexual assault. She previously taught at Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Nursing, where she held a joint appointment as the forensic nurse…

According to the New Jersey State Attorney General, approximately 20,000 NJ physicians and 5,000 other healthcare providers signed up.

Results of federal study show more focus is needed on doctors who are 'problem prescribers,' says the director of the Centers for Disease Control.

There are many barriers to coming forward as a victim of rape or domestic abuse—and it's even more daunting when your attacker is a public figure.

This struck more than one chord with me last night. Just after Obama said a few words, Brooke delivered this powerful intro to Katy Perry's performance of "B...

A look at how drug prevention begins at home and what you can do to help keep kids away from drugs. Narconon has resources to help.