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		<title>As WV Senate Tackles Prescription Drug Abuse, Ambitious Business Women Battle Its Effects</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On March 2nd West Virginia’s senate cleared a bill aimed at tackling prescription drug abuse. Modeled after New York’s program, it utilizes a national database physicians must use in order to prescribe or dispense painkillers and other drugs. Hoping to not only save the state money, but also tackle a problem robbing the nation of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.a-i-r.com/2010/03/as-wv-senate-tackles-prescription-drug-abuse-ambitious-business-women-battle-its-effects/</link>
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		<title>Addiction and Mental Health Parity explained</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With the mental health parity laws going into effect in October of 2009, the levels of health care available to those struggling from addiction or mental health issues have increased. Under the new Wellstone Parity Act, group health policies and employers must provide equal or higher coverage to addiction and mental illness as they would [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.a-i-r.com/2010/02/addiction-and-mental-health-parity-explained/</link>
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		<title>Innovative College Recovery Programs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With more and more adolescents and young adults seeking drug and alcohol treatment, there have been some distinct innovations in the recovery sector of colleges. According to research done at Yale University, adolescents and young adults are more prone to addiction due to their still-developing brains. There are nearly 50,000 college-age kids in America who [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.a-i-r.com/2010/01/innovative-college-recovery-programs/</link>
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		<title>Suboxone- the pluses and minuses</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Suboxone (or buprenorphin) seems to be all the rage these days. With the power of the multi-lateral corporation Reckitt Benckiser (whose exclusive license on Suboxone brought in fifteen percent of their overall revenue in 2009), a huge push is being made to medical doctors to prescribe Suboxone as a way to combat heroin use. Since [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.a-i-r.com/2010/01/suboxone-the-pluses-and-minuses/</link>
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		<title>Increasing Substance Abuse levels in older adults</title>
		<description><![CDATA[According to a press release by SAMHSA, treatment providers and families should be expecting a &#8220;dramatic increase&#8221; in substance abuse among adults 50 and older.The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is the US government agency faced with the goal of improving the quality and availability of prevention, treatment, and rehabilitative services for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.a-i-r.com/2010/01/increasing-substance-abuse-levels-in-older-adults/</link>
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		<title>Mental Health Issues on the Rise</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A new study from San Diego State University found that FIVE TIMES as many high school and college students are dealing with anxiety, depression and other mental health issues as youth of the same age who were studied in the late 1930s and early 1940s.
&#8220;It&#8217;s another piece of the puzzle &#8220;” that yes, this does [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.a-i-r.com/2010/01/mental-health-issues-on-the-rise/</link>
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		<title>A new year, a new start.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With a new year (and a new decade as well, depending on who you ask) upon us, we in the addiction world often see many people come to us with New Years resolutions, things such as:
&#8220;2010 will be the year I get sober.&#8221;
&#8220;Maybe I should cut down on my drinking.&#8221;
&#8220;This is the year I talk [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.a-i-r.com/2010/01/a-new-year-a-new-start/</link>
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		<title>Addiction at Home and in the Workplace</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dr. A. Thomas McLellan, one of the leading researchers on addiction and a psychology professor at the University of Pennsylvania, recently shared his story with the New York Times. Dr. McLellan recently accepted a position with the U.S. government, at the invitation of Vice President Joe Biden, to be the nation&#8217;s number two drug control [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.a-i-r.com/2009/12/addiction-at-home-and-in-the-workplace/</link>
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		<title>Recovery and the Holiday Season</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The holidays tend to be a tough time for any family struggling with substance abuse or other compulsive disorders. Since there seems to be quite a bit of family time, a family member who may be using drugs or recently out of treatment will most certainly be exposed to more family time than they&#8217;re used [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.a-i-r.com/2009/12/recovery-and-the-holiday-season/</link>
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		<title>AiR to present Expanding the Definition of Recovery</title>
		<description><![CDATA[AiR's Founder &#038; CEO, Andrew Wainwright will be presenting at the Alexian Brothers Behavioral Health Hospital Center for Professional Education's Professional Education Workshops &#038; Programs]]></description>
		<link>http://www.a-i-r.com/2009/12/alexian-brothers-behavioral-health-professional-education/</link>
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