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Dad Is Convicted of Brutally Killing 120-Day-Old Child

Dad Is Convicted Of Brutally Killing 120-Day-Old Child

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Convicted by Henrico County Circuit Court Judge James Yoffy of involuntary manslaughter and felony child abuse, Walls faces up to 20 years in prison when he is sentenced later this year. Testimony on Thursday showed Walls to be a brutal caregiver to an … Read more on Huffington Post

 


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Do You Really Believe Addiction Is a Disease or a Cop-Out?

Question by tonybaby: Do you really believe addiction is a disease or a cop-out?

cop-out aka an excuse, a crutch, just not willing to cope.
This specific addiction was perscription drugs(Soma, Hydrocodone) All I hear is she has to hit bottom, whats bottom?? How low can you go.

Best answer:

Answer by -GUESS-girl-
Whats a cop-out

Answer by bigguyinthesky
the withdrawals are not a cop out they are real but i believe you have to go cold turkey to break a habit if you are given a substitute you just become addicted to that

What do you think? Answer below!

"Drugs Aren't the Problem": Neuroscientist Carl Hart on Brain Science and …

"Drugs Aren't the Problem": Neuroscientist Carl Hart on Brain Science and …

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I thought that once you use these drugs, everyone becomes addicted, and that's why we had these problems." That was one thing that I found out. Another thing that I found out is that if you provide alternatives to people—jobs, other sort of … Read more on Truth-Out

 


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Silencing Synapses: Hope for Pharmacological Solution to Cocaine Addiction

Silencing Synapses: Hope for Pharmacological Solution to Cocaine Addiction

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Researchers led by Pitt neuroscience professor Yan Dong used rat models to examine the effects of cocaine addiction and withdrawal on nerve cells in the nucleus accumbens, a small region in the brain that is commonly associated with reward, emotion, … Read more on ScienceBlog.com (blog)

 

Interview: Margot Robbie on 'The Wolf of Wall Street'

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New Ways to Treat Substance Abuse, Neurological Diseases and Mental Illnesses

New ways to treat substance abuse, neurological diseases and mental illnesses

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Their work could lead to powerful new ways to treat alcoholism, other addictions, and neurological and mental illnesses; it also helps explain the underlying neurochemical basis of drug addiction. The findings, published in November in Frontiers in … Read more on News-Medical.net

 

Series of meetings will address increased drug abuse

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Kentucky Uses Money From Settlements With Drug Companies to Combat …

Kentucky Uses Money from Settlements with Drug Companies to Combat …

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Nearly $ 19 million to start a grant program that will fund comprehensive juvenile substance abuse treatment programs, both expanding treatment beds at existing facilities and creating new juvenile treatment programs with the full continuum of care. $ 6 … Read more on TestCountry.com (blog)

 


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Drug addicts 'can quit smoking' with additional therapy

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Senator Spends His Vacation Day Shadowing a Homeless Man

Senator Spends His Vacation Day Shadowing a Homeless Man

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His father was a drug addict, and by 13-years-old, Nick was hooked on crack as well. Two years later, Nick was a ward of the state. The fact that he was able to overcome these odds, graduate from high school and find work as a salesman is a testament … Read more on Care2.com

 

In-Depth: 2014 Legislative Session Preview

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Is Rehab Harder for Women?

Is rehab harder for women?

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Not necessarily physically, though I wasn't in great shape there, either. But the biggest problem is that I was suicidal and only somewhat willing to believe that my near-constant depression was related to the vats of cocaine I was regularly shoveling … Read more on Salon

 

The dangers of prescribed addiction…

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Prescription drugs are often an unmentioned arena of addiction, though the patterns of loss and destruction brought on by prescription drugs, are no less threatening than crack, cocaine, or heroin. A recent government report estimates that … If the … Read more on Blackpool Gazette

Troubled Launch of 'Obamacare' Tops Health News for 2013

Troubled Launch of 'Obamacare' Tops Health News for 2013

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The ongoing epidemic of prescription painkiller abuse. Early in 2013, a federal government report found that abuse of prescription painkillers such as OxyContin and Vicodin now trails only marijuana use as a form of drug abuse, and 22 million Americans … Read more on Philly.com

 

'Agents of change' educate on prescription drug abuse

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The Drug Addiction Cure: How to Overcome Drug Addiction and Alcoholism for Life REVIEW!


The Drug Addiction Cure: How to Overcome Drug Addiction and Alcoholism for Life REVIEW! – This is a review of a book to cure drug addiction, “The Drug Addiction Cure: How to Overcome Drug Addiction and Alcoholism for Life”. This is a really fascin…