Tonawanda News
Tonawanda News — New York state says it will enact regulations to ban repeat dangerous drivers from ever driving again, in a plan that, on paper, would rank among the strictest in the country. A statement issued Tuesday by Gov.
Many Lagos Drivers Are Sick, Alcoholics or Drug Addicts, Says Govt
AllAfrica.com
Ordinarily, driving on roads in Lagos State is hazardous; what with the reckless way people handle their vehicles, especially commercial drivers who are notorious for their disdain for obeying traffic rules. However, findings by the state government ...
Treating drug addiction an ongoing crusade
Oshawa Express
... been specializing in addiction counselling since 1967. Drug use in Oshawa has always been a hot topic. Treating it, not so much. Twenty years ago, the bulk of substance abuse treatment locally was dedicated towards older men, struggling with ...
Oshawa Express
A Wake Up Call On Prescription Drug Abuse Targets U.S. Teenagers
Sacramento Bee
Medical Director and Pain Management Physician, Lora Brown, M.D. "What is really frightening, is that there is no cure for addiction." "Misuse and abuse of prescription drugs knows no boundaries and requires a comprehensive response that engages all ...
Dr. Griffith Edwards, Addiction Specialist, Dies at 83
New York Times
Dr. Griffith Edwards, a psychiatrist who helped establish addiction medicine as a science, formulating definitions of drug and alcohol dependence that are used worldwide to diagnose and treat substance abuse, died on Sept. 13 in a hospice near his home ...
Barbara Kay: Addiction is a 'disease' …
National Post
Conceived and organized by the B.C. Orchard Recovery Centre in partnership with the Drug Prevention Network of Canada (DPNC), the event will rally addiction-recovery stakeholders and supportive politicians to acknowledge the splendid work done in ...
National Post
Forum aims to help combat prescription drug addiction
Nanaimo Daily News
... families and even their lives, through drug overdose or suicide. The problem with addictive prescription drugs is about the same here as any other city, but organizers hope a direct approach will provide a new model to address prescription drug ...
Testimony of a Former Drug Addict
AllAfrica.com
Having successfully overcome his drug addiction, and completed the course, Mugisha looks forward to undertake mechanical engineering studies at Kicukiro Technical College (ETO Kicukiro). Mugisha, 24, dropped out of school in Senior Five due to drug ...
Interfax-Ukraine to host press conference 'Drug Addiction and Alcoholism in ...
Interfax
Interfax-Ukraine to host press conference 'Drug Addiction and Alcoholism in Ukraine: What's the Way Out?' On Thursday, September 27, at 12.00, the press centre of the Interfax-Ukraine News Agency will host a press conference by Doctor of Medicine, ...
Drug expert hopes research brings understanding
Press Pubs
That focus is on helping advance the understanding of drug abuse and addiction through education and public dialogue,” she said. Falkowski, age 59, first studied to become an addiction counselor. “During my counseling internship I discovered that it ...
