Category Archives: Substance Abuse Thinking Before Drinking
During the Holidays The National Institutes of Health is
promoting an online and print booklet to make people think
before drinking to excess during the holidays. Information
includes medication and conditions that can interact badly with
alcohol. Read more on alcohol. Steep Rise in Recent Substance
Abuse Hospital Admissions Linked to People Combining Certain
Drugs Substance abuse treatment admissions for addiction
involving use of benzodiazepine together with narcotic pain
relievers increased a total of 569.7 percent, to 33,701, from
2000 to 2010, according to a new report by the Substance Abuse
and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Overall
substance abuse treatment admissions of people ages 12 and older
in the same period rose 4 percent, to 1.82 million, the agency
said. “Clearly, the rise in this form of substance abuse is a
public health problem that all parts of the treatment community
need to be aware of,” said SAMHSA Administrato