ThinkProgress
Kerlikowski's statement accompanies a White House “National Drug Control Strategy,” dubbed a “science-driven plan” that treats “our Nation's drug problem as a public health issue, not just a criminal justice issue.” On the subject of tackling addiction ...
ThinkProgress
'Oxyana' Movie: Director Sean Dunne Discusses Documentary On West Virginia ...
PolicyMic
Director Sean Dunne makes his feature directorial debut with Oxyana, a documentary chronicling the demise of a West Virginia mining town in the words of its own residents. Beset by a failing industry and an epidemic of prescription drug addiction ...
PolicyMic
Fatal drug overdoses hit new high
Columbus Dispatch
The increase in accidental opioid drug overdoses in Ohio in 2011 was half of what it was the previous year, the Ohio Departments of Health and Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services said today in releasing new death statistics. While the percentage ...
'Rx for disaster' to educate local parents about dangers of teenage drug ...
Riverhead LOCAL
If so, Dr. Alexis Hugelmeyer, also known as "Dr. Mom" in her weekly column for RiverheadLOCAL, hopes you will attend Monday evening's "Rx for disaster," a presentation designed to inform parents of the difficulties of teenage drug addiction and the ...
Deadly accidental drug overdoses set record in 2011 - WCPO.com
WCPO
COLUMBUS - The rate in unintentional opoid drug overdoses slowed by half in 2011 compared to 2010, according to the Ohio Departments of Health and Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services. The percent of increase in deaths tied to opioid drug overdoses in...
WCPO
The Next Step in Drug Treatment
New York Times
The country is beginning to realize that it cannot enforce or imprison its way out of the addiction problem. But to create broadly accessible and effective treatment strategies for the millions of people who need them, it must abandon the “drug war ...
Divisions along a new road to addiction recovery - The Age
The Age
The visible presence of recovering alcoholics, gamblers and drug users coming together in a major city centre also challenges stigma and discrimination, he said. ''It makes it apparent that yeah,addiction is a terrible blight but people do overcome it ...
Jamie Lee Curtis draws crowd at Houston charity event
Houston Business Journal
The charismatic star told her story of addiction and recovery to 1,100 attendees at Thursday's event. "My recovery from drug addiction is the single greatest accomplishment of my life," Curtis said, "because it broke the cycle of addiction in my family ...
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