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ADHD or Just Attention and Love Deficit?
Just recently my sister had an experience with a teacher that really got me upset. Her 10 year old Bobby was “severely disrespectful” in school and so what does this teacher do? She gives the idea that he was ADHD and wants my sister to get Bobby some help and get him to behave. Bobby [...]
Atlanta, Georgia Drug Testing Welfare
In Atlanta, Georgia if you apply for welfare you will have to pass a drug test before you can get any benefits. All this under a bill that was approved by the State Senate early in March 2012. This legislation is called Social Responsibility and Accountability Act, and it is designed to make sure that [...]
Medicare and Medicaid Psychiatric Demo
Today there was an announcement that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to say they will have 11 states and the District of Columbia to participate in the Medicaid Emergency Psychiatric Demonstration. This was all established under the Affordable Care Act they will be testing whether Medicaid beneficiaries who are experiencing a psychiatric [...]
Drug Abuse & Welfare
Just recently the Honorable Phyllis Fong, Inspector General, gave testimony when she appeared in front of the House Governmental Oversight and Reform Committee and she stated, “Food stamp recipients traded their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits at a discount to corrupt merchants and retailers in exchange for cash.” Now it is plain to see how [...]
LSD For Alcoholism
Way back in 1950 to 1970 worldwide there were many research centers that conducted trials to investigate how well LSD might treat a range of disorders one most specifically alcohol addiction. In those days it was increasingly difficult to conduct clinical trials; by then the drug had been banned for non-medical use because it had [...]
Honolulu, Hawaii Meth
Carlton Nishimura is a Major at the Honolulu Police Department and early in 2011 he was indicted by a federal grand jury. At that time he was accused of conspiring to accept bribes from illegal gambling operators in exchange for steering officers away from gaming rooms. Ok so now we know he is a shady [...]
Boston, Mass. Prescription Drugs
Most of us have the opinion that there should be stricter rules and watch over of prescription drugs because these are often abused when in the wrong hands. The Massachusetts Senate is set to take up a bill calling for just that kind of measures. The measure went for debate in Early February 2012 and [...]
Denver, Colorado Cocaine Bust
Just this week Federal law enforcement official announced they have made the largest mass drug arrest in Colorado history. There were more than 500 police officers and federal agents that raided 97 homes and arrested 80 people. The U.S. Attorney John F. Walsh said, “Several dozens of Kilos of cocaine, a dozen firearms and not [...]
Virginia Beach, Virginia Prescription Drug Abuse
Did you know that one person in the United States dies every 19 minutes from prescription drug abuse? The national Institute on Drug Abuse reports about 7 million people took psychotherapeutic drugs for non-medical reason and the some that were most misused were the pain killers. Pain killers like Oxycontin and other drugs like Xanax, [...]
More Patients Being Prescribed Antidepressants
A report released by AHRQ which is Agency for healthcare Research and Quality is stating that antidepressants now account for the third most commonly prescribed class of medication in the US. This growth is coming from the non-psychiatrist providers who are prescribing these antidepressants without a psychiatric diagnosis. There was a study done and it [...]