Veterans and Prescription Pain Meds


 

Veterans and prescription pain meds – Ninette Sosa looks at a study about how veterans with PTSD can misuse prescription pain medicines.

 

Veterans mental-health peer counseling program expanding to area

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The Joseph Dwyer PTSD Peer-to-Peer Veterans Counseling program, which was funded at $ 2.3 million in the recently adopted state budget, will train veterans to help other veterans diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder and brain injuries in small …
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On This Day in History – The Province

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In 1984, a US$ 180 million out-of-court settlement was announced in the "Agent Orange" class-action suit brought by Vietnam veterans who charged they'd suffered injury from exposure to the defoliant. In 2001, one of Britain's 1963 Great Train … In …
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Take-Back Day offers chance to dispose of drugs safely

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This report also recommends the establishment of a military drug take-back program to help combat this prescription drug abuse. That is why I am introducing a bill, the “Servicemembers and Veterans Prescriptions Drug Safety Act,” which would require …
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Montgomery County's Laurel House shelter provides victims of domestic

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EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the third in a six-part series exploring the many facets of the Montgomery County domestic violence agency Laurel House and the services it provides to the community. …. “We work really hard to help people move forward with …
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