Marijuana: Making a Case Against Legalization
Marijuana: Making a case against legalization
He has served as the medical director for a drug and alcohol treatment center, and is author of the book “Preventing Addiction: What Parents Must Know to Immunize their Kids against Drug and Alcohol Addiction.” In Congress serves as vice-chairman of …
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US drug czar calls for more access to heroin antidote
Seventeen states and the District of Columbia have laws on the books that increased access to the antidote. Some advocates are pushing to allow doctors to prescribe the substance not only to individuals with addictions but to their relatives as well.
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I Just Recently Stopped Using Drugs. Can I Make Friends Who Don’t Use?
Question by Jackson: I just recently stopped using drugs. Can I make friends who don’t use?
I just quit using drugs, specifically painkillers, which just about ruined my life. When I realized I was addicted… I knew I had messed up… and I knew the only way out was just torturous. I had the impression it would be like 2 weeks long, but it turns out it ended up only being a few days. At any rate, never, EVER want to go there again.
Foreign Donors Prefer Albay's Disaster Rehabilitation Model
Foreign donors prefer Albay's disaster rehabilitation model
Salceda said Albay's Guicadale Economic Township project exemplifies their “geostrategic intervention” which foreign donors now find as the first best policy approach to geologically and climatically challenged locations. … During an earlier JICA …
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Marshall County Animal Shelter Steps In to Care for Veteran's Dog
A year ago, the man checked himself into a rehabilitation center, but didn't want to give up his dog Clarabelle. So, the Marshall County Animal … Now, her owner is clean and sober and looking forward to being reunited with his best friend. Cindy Ward …
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What Is a Typical Day Like in an Inpatient Drug Rehab Center?
What is a typical day like in an inpatient drug rehab center? –
Centre County Sees Spike in Heroin-Related Deaths
Anecdotally, she says addicts seeking treatment, first responders and parents are all reporting an increase in heroin use. Specifically, during the 2012-2013 fiscal year, heroin surpassed marijuana as the drug of choice for those who sought inpatient …
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To Improve Mental Health, Quit Smoking
To improve mental health, quit smoking
“Clinicians tend to treat the depression, alcohol dependence or drug problem first and allow patients to 'self-medicate' with cigarettes if necessary,” says Patricia A. Cavazos-Rehg, assistant professor of psychiatry at Washington University in St. Louis.
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Philip Seymour Hoffman and the truth about curing addiction
… that Hoffman had been a heroin addict and had relapsed despite having been abstinent for many years. Once people stop using, the tolerance that they develop during the period of drug/alcohol use wears off. … for alcohol, where substitution …
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