Clintwood, Virginia Treatment Centers

Dickenson County Behavioral Services Substance Abuse Services 440 Fox Town Road
Clintwood, VA 24228

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Helping To Improve PMPs – Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs – Through A Federally-Supported PMP Center Of Excellence

With overdoses and deaths involving the use of prescription drugs skyrocketing in the United States, the Department of Justice (DOJ) has selected the Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University to host a new initiative to reduce diversion and abuse of these drugs: the PMP Center of Excellence. Funded through a training….

Crack Addiction Treatment Centers

Cocaine is one of the most widely used and abused drugs in the United States. Crack addiction is a dangerous condition that results from the use of crack cocaine. Left untreated, crack addiction can kill an individual, but there are treatment centers that specialize in treating crack addiction. Crack addiction treatment is similar to many….

Heart rhythm risk seen in women's alcohol drinking

Women who consume more than two alcoholic drinks a day have a higher risk of getting the most common type of heart rhythm disturbance, which can raise the chances of having a stroke, researchers said on Tuesday. Previous research had shown that men who drink three or more alcoholic beverages daily have an elevated risk….

Minneapolis lawmaker wants to legalize teen drinking in some situations

The hazards of binge drinking have been well documented, both for those of legal drinking age and those under 21. The problem, as State Representative Phyllis Kahn sees it, is that young people never learn first-hand how to drink responsibly. The veteran Minneapolis Democrat’s solution would be to legalize teen drinking in certain circumstances, in….

Alcohol consumption doubles since the 1960s

Britain is facing a “silent epidemic” of dementia as alcohol consumption has doubled since the 1960s, doctors have warned. The link between alcohol consumption and dementia is being ignored and unless urgent action is taken today’s binge drinkers will be tomorrow’s dementia patients, psychiatrists said. Public awareness campaigns and labels warning that dementia is linked….