Fixin' Up Hoopa: A Community's Struggle with Meth Addiction
New America Media
He spent the next 21 years incarcerated or on the run, battling an addiction that swept his youth away like powder in the wind. Today, Michael is 38 years old with long black hair, salted gray. With 11 children and another on the way, he surrounds ...
Michael W. Miller Responds to New Insights into Neuroscience and Addiction
MarketWatch (press release)
New research has emerged that clarifies the role the brain plays in addiction and "bad habits"--and it has won the praise of researcher Michael W. Miller. NEW YORK, May 29, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- For many, bad habits are thought to be matters ...
Leading Addiction Center Responds to Sweeping Changes to Key Manual Used by ...
PR Web (press release)
Addiction rehab center warns public of potential dangers surrounding changes to DSM as well as the life saving benefits. The Farley Center at Williamsburg Place is preparing its Admissions Department to handle an influx of patients that could be ...
Proposed Changes To Psychiatric Manual Could Impact Addiction Diagnosis
Gant Daily
That's a question that experts are wrestling with as they prepare to revise the diagnostic manual that spells out the criteria for addiction and other substance-use problems. The catalyst for this discussion is a set of proposed changes to the ...
Jailed: Painkiller addict who tampered with packets of Neurofen caused £2.4 ...
Daily Mail
By Jill Reilly A codeine addict who replaced pills in a Neurofen Plus pack with his own schizophrenia medication to fund his habit was jailed today for 18 months. The contaminated packs ended up in the hands of unsuspecting members of the public.
Daily Mail
Nurofen addict jailed: Pill switcher cost drugs maker £2.4m to save himself £7
Mirror.co.uk
Nurofen addict Christopher McGuire, 31, cost the drug's maker £2.4million and saved himself just £7 by slipping anti-psychotic medicine into the boxes. Judge Alistair McCreath told him at Southwark crown court in London: "Your acts caused very ...
Is addiction a moral defect or a mental illness?
The Guardian
IDS is considering docking the benefits of addicts who decline "help"; it seems they must attend Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) or Narcotics Anonymous (NA), or risk greater poverty and, inevitably, chaos. This is a tax on mental illness that will apply only ...
The Guardian
Ex-addict took giant overdose
Reading Post
By David Millward A former drug addict was found dead in his flat after taking an extremely high dose of methadone. The body of Andrew Wilmot, a dialysis patient, was discovered by a nurse who was concerned when he failed to turn up for a hospital ...
JAILED...ADDICT WHO TAMPERED WITH NUROFEN
Express.co.uk
By John Twomey A CODEINE addict who sparked a nationwide alert after swapping Nurofen painkillers for anti-psychotic pills was jailed for 18 months yesterday. Christopher McGuire, 31, switched the tablets at four London chemists to feed his “severe ...
Dr. Phil's Common Sense Advice on Drug Addiction Is Kinda Sexy
Philadelphia Magazine (blog)
But no, I wasn't having heat stroke—he was speaking intelligently on the subject of substance abuse. Not only that, but his interaction with a female heroin addict and her parents demonstrated great empathy and understanding of both her struggle and ...
Sentence cut for a heroin addict convicted of a brutal attack
The Daily Telegraph
THE heroin addict who viciously bashed Samantha Barlow has received a sentence cut - but not because of the brutal attack on the policewoman. Roderick Holohan appealed against the 21 year sentence he received in the District Court in late 2010 for ...
Codeine Addict Imprisoned for Exchanging Nurofen Plus Packets with Other Drugs
TopNews New Zealand
As per reports, it has been notified that a codeine addict, who had been accused of exchanging packets of Nurofen Plus with other anti-psychotic drugs, has been imprisoned for 18 months. It has been reported that Christopher McGuire, of Edzell Drive, ...
TopNews New Zealand
Drug Court helps addicts
Sentinel and Enterprise
By Lisa Redmond AYER -- Looking out at a sea of familiar faces, Ayer Drug Court Judge Michael Brooks smiles as he asks "Kelly," a recovering heroin addict, how she is doing with her sobriety. "Great," she says, stuffing her hands in the pockets of her ...
Q&A: Award touts teacher's impact
Norwich Bulletin
By JOHN PENNEY Scotland Elementary School teacher Karen Schenck recently received the Judith Nilan Award by the Northeast Communities Against Substance Abuse group. She talks about her years as a teacher — the rewards and challenges.
Drug addict found eating man's face in US
A drug addict in the US state of Miami was shot dead after police found him chewing a man's face by the roadside. Rudy Eugene, 31, had eaten about 80 per cent of the man's face by the time police officials noticed the horrific scene next to a ...
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US Looks to Other Nations for Addiction Treatment Ideas: Kerlikowske
He said the approach to drug addiction in Portugal was somewhat successful. ... He urged the international community to work together on substance abuse ...
www.drugfree.org/.../u-s-looks-to-other-nations-for-addiction-...
Nurofen tampering: codeine addict jailed for 18 months - The Guardian
A codeine addict who contaminated packets of Nurofen Plus to swap for uncontaminated ones to ...But after losing his job he struggled to pay for his addiction.
www.guardian.co.uk/.../nurofen-tampering-codeine-addict-jail...
Proposed Changes To Psychiatric Manual Could Impact Addiction ...
According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, people are at ... who directs the substance abuse, mental health and criminal justice studies ... however, doesn't require insurance because it's free: Alcoholics Anonymous.
www.kaiserhealthnews.org/.../Psychiatric-Manual-Addiction-D...
According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, people are at ... who directs the substance abuse, mental health and criminal justice studies ... however, doesn't require insurance because it's free: Alcoholics Anonymous.
www.kaiserhealthnews.org/.../Psychiatric-Manual-Addiction-D...
Is addiction a moral defect or a mental illness? | Tanya Gold ...
'In seeking to soothe addiction, IDS will imperil one of the only known means of arresting it. ... they must attend Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) or Narcotics Anonymous (NA), ... of Physicians, the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. ..... Every addict is different, so their addictions have different bases, be that ...
www.guardian.co.uk/.../addiction-policy-iain-duncan-smith
