United Community Services – Overview

United Community Services – Overview – United Community Services, Inc., (UCS) offers a wide range of substance abuse treatment services in three locations: Des Moines, Ankeny and Knoxville, Iowa. …

ADHD Drugs Like Adderall Becoming More Common on Campus

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Nicole is a senior at an Iowa college and admits she has taken the attention drug Adderall once or twice before. She's asked us not to use her real name, due to the controversial nature of this … “They'll succumb to exhaustion, and so they'll …
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U.S. Supreme Court to review Ames man's drug conviction

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Banka's death came amid a spike of Iowa heroin deaths. There were 19 in 2008-10, which is more than the previous five years combined. A total of 432 addicts who sought drug treatment during the state's 2011 fiscal year said heroin was their drug of …
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We're all losers in the War on Drugs – Illinois Times

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Dr. Gabor Mate, physician and addiction expert in the film, said treating drug use only as a legal issue has helped create and maintain the problem in America. “The thing with the war on drugs,” Mate said, “is that it tries to deal with the health …
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