Tag: addiction
Nikeisha Macon Promotes Awareness and Prevention in Fight Against Addiction
By Haley Wilson
The Birmingham Times
As director of operations with the Birmingham-based Addiction Prevention Coalition (APC), Nikeisha Macon can draw on her personal experiences while...
Pregnant women battling addiction find hope, success in UAB program
By Savannah Koplon
UAB News
Kate (name redacted for patient privacy) was five months’ along when she found out she was pregnant. During a doctor’s visit,...
Addiction program focuses on caring for pregnant women with substance use...
By Alicia Rohan
UAB News
The University of Alabama at Birmingham Women and Infants Services has established the UAB Comprehensive Program for Addiction in Pregnancy with...
UAB Hosts addiction recovery walk at Railroad Park Sept. 23
By Bob Shepard
UAB News
The Addiction Recovery Program at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, along with a number of community partners, will host the End...
Surgeon general report: ‘Addiction is not a character flaw’
By Carla K. Johnson
AP Medical Writer
In what may be his last significant act as President Barack Obama’s surgeon general, Dr. Vivek Murthy released a...
Deterring opiate abuse and addiction: U.S. Attorney convenes summit in Birmingham
Special to The Times
The U.S. Attorney’s Office is this week presenting law enforcement training on the illegal diversion of prescription opioid drugs and a...
U.S. Attorney: ‘Heroin is widely available. . .overdose deaths continue to...
By Joyce White Vance
The White House, in conjunction with the Department of Justice, have proclaimed this week National Heroin and Opioid Awareness Week to...
