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Treatment for Substance Use and Mental Health Conditions

Addiction Treatment Programs, Dual Diagnosis, Mental HealthBy Pennsylvania Adult & Teen Challenge July 5, 2023

Substance use and mental health issues go hand in hand. In fact, between 40 and 60% of Americans who suffer from addiction have a co-occurring mental health diagnosis. Experts agree that treating co-occurring conditions in a coordinated plan is far more successful than treating one and then the other or providing simultaneous but uncoordinated treatment.…

How Fentanyl Gets Mixed With Cocaine

Cocaine Addiction, Drug Addiction, Fentanyl AddictionBy Pennsylvania Adult & Teen Challenge July 1, 2023

Fentanyl and cocaine are two very different drugs, though both are Schedule II controlled substances. Law enforcement agencies in several states have reported that cocaine is being laced with fentanyl by drug traffickers in ever-increasing amounts. The dangers of cocaine use are matched by the dangers of fentanyl. When people take these two drugs together,…

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– Deneese Myers

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– Loren Thomason

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– Jamie Allyson

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– Cindy Clabaugh

“I graduated from there in 1978. Since that time I was involved in several ministries. My wife and I were the Directors of the Teen Challenge in Kentucky for several years. I was Pastoral staff for two churches. I speak at two men’s ministries monthly. Only Jesus can change a person like that. Teen Challenge will ALWAYS be a part of my life. Thank you Lord Jesus for saving me and using this ministry to reach thousands with the LOVE of Christ”

– Bernie Foschini

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