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Substance Abuse & Pregnancy

Tuesday, March 15th, 2011

Pregnancy is a motivating factor to stop drug and alcohol abuse, this is a delicate time for both the woman’s body and the fetus and can be easily complicated when substance abuse is involved.  “When you are pregnant, it is important that you watch what you put into your body. Consumption of illegal drugs is [...]

Prevalence of Substance Abuse in the Prison Population

Friday, October 29th, 2010

According to the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University “Of the 2.3 million inmates crowding our nation’s prisons and jails, 1.5 million meet the DSM IV medical criteria for substance abuse or addiction, and another 458,000, while not meeting the strict DSM IV criteria, had histories of substance abuse; were under [...]