New center in Buffalo will train doctors on treating addiction
A center devoted to training doctors in addiction medicine will be established in Buffalo through a three-year, $ 2 million grant from the Conrad H. Hilton Foundation. The new National Center for Physician Training in Addiction Medicine will be directed …
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Salvation Army pulls plan to move residential drug and alcohol treatment …
The Salvation Army has withdrawn its offer to purchase Kenowa Hills' Fairview Elementary School and end its plans to move the Salvation Army's "Turning Point Program" residential drug and alcohol treatment center there. The move comes after a two-hour …
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Vigil held for drug addicts, family members
Loos is the mother of a recovering addict herself and is a member of SOLACE, which provides support for family members of addicts. The vigil began with the lighting of a single candle in honor of “active addicts” — those who are not yet in recovery …
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Drug Rehab Center Warren Supports Recovering Addicts
By incorporating family members and close friends into the treatment process, Drug Rehab Center Warren helps recovering addicts feel accepted and supported by the people who matter the most to them. Patients at Drug Rehab Center Warren are also …
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LA PARKER: Beating addiction takes support from family, community
We have brothers who can't kick whatever they need to, aunts hooked on prescription pills, and a litany of other relatives who found their drug of choice and stuck with it. A moment of clarity touched with God's grace makes recovery possible … “By …
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Into Action Treatment Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Announces Weekly Al …
Al-Anon is a 12-step mutual support group for anyone who is now or has been affected by another person's drug addiction or drinking. The meetings are designed to help loved ones and family members of addicts and alcoholics to recover and to feel better …
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Good and Bad News on Drug Use in America
Although the rate of marijuana use rose in almost every age group, and was up from 5.8% of all Americans in 2007 to 7.3% in 2012, use of this substance dropped slightly for those aged 12 to 17 years. However, use of heroin by all individuals older than …
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Increased Rate of Drug Abuse Linked to West Africa
A UN report has shown that East Africans consume two-and-half tonnes of heroin worth Sh13.9 billion annually. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime report titled 'Transnational Organised Crime in East Africa: A Threat Assessment' says the heroin …
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Today's workout: Checking out 25 signs you're addicted to CrossFit
It started innocently enough, with one or two workouts each week. But then it escalated, to the point where you get twitchy if you go a day without touching a barbell, you practice air squats in the corner of your office and — perhaps most …
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Is Someone You Know Showing These Signs of Internet Addiction?
On Monday, we three shared the stage to lead a Social Media Week Toronto talk entitled "What is Your Relationship to Social Media?" Our talk focused on Internet addiction and overuse. As we move deeper into the digital life and our screens move closer …
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Third of US shoppers show addiction sign
Third of US shoppers show addiction sign. LOS ANGELES: More than one third of US shoppers display at least one of the warning signs that could indicate a shopping addiction, new research has claimed. Credit card comparison website CreditDonkey.com …
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Former Rockland drug counselor admits he took money, sex from addicts
A 42-year-old former drug counselor faces two to six years in prison after pleading guilty Tuesday to taking money and sex from people in exchange for recommending their early release from court-ordered treatment. Hulen Ginn, who served 11 years for …
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How some addicts sneak in drugs
Two California counselors speak publicly for the first time about drug use they've witnessed in treatment and some of the unusual and extraordinary ways that addicts will smuggle them in. Audrey Hope is a veteran addiction counselor who's worked with …
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Katherine Jackson loses last-chance damage suit
Some called it the Jackson family's last stand in court, a longshot effort that may have been doomed by the singer's own history of addiction struggles and headstrong decision-making when it came to his medical care. … Jurors said they believed Dr …
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Needle-exchange bill finds easy support in House
Despite arguments from some GOP conservatives that the measure amounts to state endorsement of intravenous drug use, the chamber voted 72-23 to send the bill to the Senate. The bill would allow IV drug users to exchange one used needle for one clean …
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British Government Makes a Modest Proposal to Support Marriage; the Left …
… couples are more likely to stay together than cohabiting ones; and that marriage provides the most favorable conditions for raising children who will do well at school and have better job prospects, and avoid alcoholism, drug addiction and other …
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