Homeless in the Downtown Eastside: Journey to the dark side of town (with video)
Filed under: Cocaine Addiction Treatment Options
At Main and Hastings, you can get a rock of crack cocaine for $ 2. A crack pipe already loaded with a rock is $ 5. Barton believes the prices, lack of enforcement by police and the weather are among the reasons why addicts from elsewhere in the country …
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Katie Stockton sentenced to 50 years for killing daughter
Filed under: Cocaine Addiction Treatment Options
Public Defender David Doll told Truitt that Stockton is a good person who has strong work and family ethics but who had struggled with drug addiction. Doll said she has one incredible failing: an inability to face the fact of her … Stockton chose to …
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Will the CDC's new anti-smoking ads really help smokers quit?
Filed under: Cocaine Addiction Treatment Options
Bill makes smoking seem like a simple lifestyle choice rather than an addiction on par with alcoholism or a cocaine habit. For some, quitting requires herculean efforts far beyond a basic fear of what will happen to them if they don't. In fact, some …
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