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Two of America's Biggest Drug Problems Are Intertwined

Two Of America's Biggest Drug Problems Are Intertwined

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Behind the recent uptick in heroin deaths is a spike in the number of Americans abusing another kind of drug: prescription painkillers, which Hoffman reportedly abused before his problem escalated to include heroin. Dozens of deaths in Pennsylvania, … Read more on Huffington Post

 


“Nope It Ain’t My Dope!” Denial! Rap Song Original Lyrics – Visit Dr. MIller’s web sites to learn more about his books. He has written both non-fiction, and also an enlightening fiction story, about drug abuse. In a t…

Editorial | Drug Addiction Is National, Not Personal, Failure

Editorial | Drug addiction is national, not personal, failure

Filed under: addiction and drug abuse

The chronic nature of drug addiction is exemplified by Hoffman's case — the actor had reportedly been clean for 23 years before relapsing and checking himself into a drug rehab facility last year. Indeed, the National Institute on Drug Abuse reports … Read more on Tufts Daily

 

Celebrities Who've Opened Up About Drug Addiction

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I Have a Few Questions for a Paper on Drug Abuse. Please Help.?

Question by brittany m: I have a few questions for a paper on Drug Abuse. Please help.?
How do people behave when they are addicted to drugs?
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What are the treatments for Drug Abuse?
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How do you prevent Drug Abuse?
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What is the origin of Drug Abuse? Who started it? Where did it come from?
I think it was the Sumerians but I’m not sure.
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Teen Substance Abuse Treatment Resources

Teen Substance Abuse Treatment Resources

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Resources to help parents, health care providers, and substance abuse treatment specialists treat teens struggling with drug abuse, as well as identify and interact with those who might be at risk, were released by the National Institute on Drug Abuse … Read more on Kansas City infoZine

 

Vt. drugabuse film goes national

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RUTLAND — Vermont filmmaker Bess O'Brien figured she was finished with her drug-abuse documentary “The Hungry Heart” after its Green Mountain premiere last fall. Then Gov. Peter Shumlin touted the movie in this month's State of the State address, … Read more on Barre Montpelier Times Argus

New Addiction Helpline Gives Addicts Information on Treatment Centers

New Addiction Helpline Gives Addicts Information on Treatment Centers

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When addicts want to stop using drugs and alcohol for good, it is often hard for them to make a decision on where to go for help. There are many different treatment options available to a person looking to obtain sobriety, and choosing the right one … Read more on PR Web (press release)

 


VINTAGE 1952 ART LINKLETTER KELLOGG’S COMMERCIAL WITH HIS 3 DAUGHTERS (INCLUDING DIANE LINKLETTER) – This commercial was made approximately 17 years before Diane Linkletter allegedly committed suicide. Art claimed that Diane had an LSD flashback, from an ear…

Research Links Severe Mental Illness and Substance Use

Research Links Severe Mental Illness And Substance Use

Filed under: drug abuse treatment centers

The findings were published online earlier this month in JAMA Psychiatry. “What we are learning is that this overlap of mental illness with addictive disorders is not random,” said the National Institute on Drug Abuse Deputy Director Wilson Compton … Read more on Huffington Post

 


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His House/New Creation Addiction Treatment Centers Celebrates Holidays With

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Marijuana Should Be an Option

Marijuana should be an option

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That being the case even in Wyoming where alcohol, cigarettes and chew are overlooked as "gateway" drugs, and prescription drugs no matter the effects on the user are fully approved and accepted, someone should have seen that the reference's made were … Read more on Casper Star-Tribune Online

 

Study finds troubling relationship between drinking and PTSD symptoms in

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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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Tori Ferrari – How to Prevent Teen Drug Use


Tori Ferrari – How to Prevent Teen Drug Use – www.springboardhome.com Preventing drug abuse in teens is much better than having to solve the problem after the addiction has begun. In this video, Tori Fer…

 

New Survey Shows Drug Use Down Among Teens

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The National Institute on Drug Abuse released the results of its 2013 monitoring the future survey. The survey tracks drug trends for eighth, tenth and twelfth graders. Inside the walls of any high school is a tremendous amount of peer pressure … Read more on KEYC

Students Popping 'molly' Cause for Sweat

Students popping 'molly' cause for sweat

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But substances such as caffeine, dextromethorphan, ketamine, methamphetamine, amphetamines, PCP, cocaine and most recently, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, synthetic cathinones, which are psychoactive ingredients in the drug commonly … Read more on K-State Collegian

 

Cure addiction the Mao Tse-tung way

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One evening I was presented with cocaine, and I wanted to be cool. So I took it, and I suddenly felt …. Burroughs describes how he is relieved instantaneously by drugs that can have had little physiological effect upon his symptoms. The notion of … Read more on Spectator.co.uk