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| Op Ed: Legislator Calls on Governor to Help Fight Drug, Alcohol Addiction Patch.com I am deeply disappointed to report that despite near unanimous support from the Pennsylvania Legislature and the dozens of statewide drug and alcohol prevention and addiction treatment and recovery organizations, the administration has failed to ... | ||||
| Once an addict, now a mentor The News Journal Michael Peck, who took drugs for more than two decades, is "totally off everything" and now helps others struggling with addiction. / THE NEWS JOURNAL/DANIEL SATO Getting clean fromaddiction to pills can be an arduous road fraught with denial, ... | ||||
| Five secret truths about alcoholics and addicts Auburn Citizen One should be proud of dealing with addiction. But there remains a huge stigma attached to having the disease of addiction. Many folks visualize the alcoholic, recovering or no, hanging around outside the liquor store drooling. They imagine the addict, ... | ||||
| New Approaches Help Aboriginal People with Addiction and Substance Use MarketWatch (press release) VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, Nov 08, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Innovative approaches to treating Aboriginal people with substance abuse issues are in the spotlight at the Issues of Substance 2011 (IOS) conference taking place from November 6-9. ... | ||||
| Nicotine: the gateway drug to more serious illegal drug abuse and addiction NJ.com (blog) By David Kerr/Integrity House For years, many of us in the field of drug addiction prevention and treatment have felt that tobacco products and marijuana are often the gateway drugs to more serious and prolonged use of illegal addictive substances. ... | ||||
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| Committee to help tackle alcoholism on campuses Times of India The judgment enjoins states to constitute a state level committee to deal with alcoholism and ragging. The body, headed by Goa Medical College dean VN Jindal, will suggest 'immediate' measures for de-addiction from alcohol for students and also ... | ||||
| Renowned Sex Addiction Expert Speaks in Orlando: Professional Workshop on Sex ... PR Web (press release) 11, 2011, Elements Behavioral Health will host a professional workshop that features leading sexaddiction expert Robert Weiss, LCSW, CSAT-S. Getting educated about sex and pornography addictions and their treatment will help clinicians be more ... | ||||
| Senior Drug Addiction- Part Two WABI by Joy Hollowell - November 7th 2011 09:55pm - Read more Special Reports Drug addiction is a chronic disease. It does not discriminate against gender, race or age. Seniors are at great risk because they account for one-third of all medications ... | ||||
| The face of addiction The Keene Sentinel To wit: ESPN Films' “Unguarded,” a compelling — at times disturbing — 90-minute documentary on the power of addiction, the fundamental stamina of family and the consequences of greed. “Unguarded” is riveting television, to be sure. ... | ||||
| Antidepressant could help meth addicts kick habit San Francisco Chronicle Addiction treatment experts said the findings were encouraging, especially given how notoriously difficult it can be to help methamphetamine addicts kick their dependence. But they added that the results will need to be confirmed in larger studies. ... | ||||
| “The Rum Diary” is a traveling tale for alcoholic dreamers Sonoma State Star Kemp is the type of man who wants to get rid of an alcohol addiction, but still keeps fresh beers and gallons of rum in the fridge. Johnny Depp wants to once again enjoy the beautiful view of the Caribbean Sea, but no longer as a crazy pirate. ... | ||||
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| AddictionTribe now offers users ability to start and join any Addiction ... AddPR.com (press release) America's top destination for Addiction self help, AddictionTribe now allows users to start or join anyaddiction support group. Carlsbad, CA, 08 November 2011: Good news for people seekingaddiction self help, America's top addiction support group ... | ||||
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| Lawyers, Doctors & Bankers; The Educated High Functioning Addicts of our World Response Source (press release) When you think of a typical alcoholic, you don't picture a lawyer or a doctor, and yet it is estimated that between 15-24% of lawyers will suffer from alcoholism during their career, and doctors are 3 times more likely to develop cirrhosis of the liver ... | ||||
| Nun, 63, spared jail time for $850G theft from Iona The Journal News | LoHud.com A nun who stole more than $850000 from Iona College to fund a gambling addiction while she was in charge of the school's finances was spared incarceration today and ordered to perform 2000 hours of community service. At her sentencing in Manhattan ... | ||||
| Effective treatment of painkiller addiction | Harvard Gazette Individuals addicted to prescription painkillers are more likely to succeed in treatment with the aid of the medication buprenorphine-naloxone (Suboxone), report McLean Hospital and Harvard Medical School researchers. Harvard Gazette | ||||
| Causes of Drug Addiction | Prescription Drug Abuse By Admin Another widespread misconception is that spending time in a drug rehabilitation centre with is enough to end to an addict's dependence on drugs.However, drug addiction is more than simply a physical dependency and cannot simply be ... Prescription Drug Abuse | ||||
| Economic downturn increases alcoholism | UWIRE By admin However, beginning to drink during tough times does not guarantee an addiction. Addiction specialist Paul LeslieHokemeyer says that drinking addictions are worst when an individual feels alone, and that being surrounded by people can ... UWIRE | ||||
| Suboxone is most effective in treating painkiller addiction | PsyPost By McLean Hospital “Adjunctive Counseling During Brief and Extended Buprenorphine-Naloxone Treatment for Prescription Opioid Dependence,” is the first large-scale study to address treatment of prescription opioidaddiction. According to lead author Roger ... PsyPost | ||||
| Stigma on Alcoholism: A Modest Proposal | Points: The Blog of the ... By ronroizen9 Indeed, when viewed through the lens of stigma, the individual alcoholic's transition from activealcoholism to recovery – whether through the medium of treatment, “spontaneous remission,” Alcoholics Anonymous membership, or by any other means — amounts to a stigma exchange, leaving behind the opprobrium ... Moreover, the different kinds of stigma on, say, cancer, divorce, HIV, drug addiction, and alcoholism may also vary significantly along those meaning dimensions. ... Points: The Blog of the Alcohol... | ||||
| The Chopra Center for Wellbeing Opens Canadian Addiction ... By admin The Chopra Center for Wellbeing Opens Canadian Addiction Treatment Center. Chopra Center co-founder Deepak Chopra, M.D.. Carlsbad, California (PRWEB) December 7, 2009. The Chopra Center for Wellbeing, in partnership with ... MeditationStars.com | ||||
| Finding the Most Effective Addiction Treatment By admin However, encouraging a drug and alcohol addict is not an easy thing to do, for sure. It requires a lot of ... You need to make sure that he will not get offended when you bring out the topic of how serious it is for him to quit on the bad addiction. ... Health Insight | ||||
| Senior Drug Addiction- Part One - WABI TV5 Maine is aging faster than any other state, with 16 percent of our population 65 years and older. We also hold the title for the highest number of residents seeking treatment for opiate addictio... WABI News
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