Weekly News Digest: Week 4/27-5/1

Weekly News Digest
4/27 5/1 week

Research: not more than 1 in 10 children Live with substance abuse Parent (4/29/2009)

Almost 12% of 18-year-old children from live at least one parent who was dependent on or abused alcohol or illicit drug during the past year substance abuse report and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).The report is based on national data 2002-2007.

The Federal Government is seeking public comment on the implementation of the Mental problems concerning health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (4/28/2009)

Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act in October 2008, the law must be logged on as a consolidated national and State level for a long time, efforts to create a parity mental health and substance abuse, conditions for the financial health of coverage and physical diseases, principally for the Three federal agencies. responsible for the implementation of the Department of law and Human health services, Department of Labor and Internal Revenue Service-issued on request by the registry of the Federal Republic of Germany-seeking information and advice to the public and the surrounding the implementation of the law on how best to meet its goals in the field of critical issues.

SAMHSA and FDA join train Safe public Use Methadone (4/28/2009)

The US substance abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and the United States food and Drug Administration (FDA) today launched an initiative to ensure the safe use of drugs such as methadone. is best known for the treatment of abuse and dependence on heroin and other drugs, pain medicines drug, methadone is also considered a moderate to severe chronic fixed pain patients respond to the growing number of the campaign. [1] [2], and the use of this concern related deaths of medicinal products.

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