Substance Abuse : How to Treat Soma Addiction

Substance Abuse : How to Treat Soma Addiction – Soma is a powerful muscle relaxant that people are often given after injuries. Treat soma addiction by examining the social environment of the patient with help from an addiction specialist in this free video on substance abuse. Expert: Dr. Kim Makoi Bio: Dr. Kim Makoi has been a chiropractor in San Francisco for more than 11 years. He is also an addiction specialist. Filmmaker: Sam Lee

Managing medication a delicate balance between relief, addiction

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The challenge for legislators, bureaucrats, doctors and law enforcement is to find ways to get these pills to patients who need them while preventing their abuse by recreational drug users, addicts – and the pain patients they're meant to help. For one …
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Training focuses on spotting 'trendy' drugs

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Experts don't yet know the short- and long-term effects of abusing such products, he said. … Law enforcement officers and treatment specialists have a lot of challenges when it comes to fighting drug use, particularly with designer drugs. There is a …
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Prescription Drug Abuse

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Minocqua – Drug abuse has become a growing problem across the country and perhaps the most concerning issue involved is prescription drugs. The misuse, dispersion and abuse of prescription drugs unfortunately often begins in a … Prevention Specialist …
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This Week in Poverty: A Wake-Up Call on Housing and Homelessness

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Pathways provides its wraparound services through Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) teams that use evidence-based care that has been studied since the 1970s. Each team consists of a substance abuse specialist, vocational counselor, nurse, …
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