Young Women and Drug Abuse

Young Women and Drug Abuse – FOX 9-TV interviews Hazelden’s Medical Director, Dr. Joe Lee, regarding young women and drug abuse. Young women have higher rates of mental health issues than boys and need special care. Girls have just as high rate of addiction as boys, and are more prone to depression and eating disorders. Dr. Lee explains the expansion of Hazelden’s Youth and Families in Plymouth, Minnesota. For more information about Hazelden, please visit www.hazelden.org or call 800-257-7810. For more about Hazelden’s youth treatment please visit www.hazelden.org

Letters reveal pedophile priest served at NM parishes

Filed under: drug abuse foundation

The foundation director, whose name was redacted from the letter, said he did not believe Garcia would become “a recidivist in the area for which he was sent to us,” but he suggested Garcia continue outpatient therapy at the Jemez Springs facility and …
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Grants Support Military Families

Filed under: drug abuse foundation

The Long Island Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence (LICADD) is set to receive a $ 25,000 grant from the Long Island Community Foundation (LICF) to support the creation of a brand new Military Families in Training (M-FIT) Program designed to …
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NIAAA honors nonprofit leader with Senator Harold Hughes Memorial Award

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Marianne “Mimi” Fleury, president and co-founder of the Community of Concern of North Bethesda, Md.,today received the Senator Harold Hughes Memorial Award from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the National …
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