Radel to Take Leave of Absence for Drug Treatment
While Radel said that he has already started an intensive inpatient treatment, adding that he has struggled with his addiction problems for “years,” he did not specify how long he would be in treatment, or what that treatment would entail. Radel seemed …
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Chris Brown ordered to 90 days of inpatient rehab
The celebrity news website said Wednesday Brown was kicked out of a Malibu facility earlier this month after he threw a rock through his mother's car window while she was at the treatment center to attend a family therapy session with Brown. He had …
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Question by ImCoNfUsEd: Is alchohol the only drug that is physically addictive?
I was told this by an addictions counsoler, but it doesn’t sound rite. She said alcohol is the only drug that is PHYSICALLY addictive, and the rest are mental addictions.

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Answer by bamfgrl23
Why do you think they have methadone clinics??? Heroin is extremely physically addictive.

Answer by dantea_2007
I dont believe that because it is proven that narcotics like weed, cocaine, heroine..etc. are addictive and even cigarettes are addictive because your body is used to those extra endorphynes (dont think thats spelled right) but when it starts to deplete they want more therefore causing the person to seek more drugs….

Riverside Drug Detox Launches Awareness Program Around Adult Drug Addiction
Riverside, CA (PRWEB) November 22, 2013. A Riverside drug detox center is launching a new awareness program around adult drug addiction and its severity through services at Drug Addiction Treatment Centers. The U.S. Department of Health and Human …
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Tampa Drug Detox Introduces Updated Women's Program for Rehabilitation …
Tampa Drug Detox Introduces Updated Women's Program for Rehabilitation from Prescription Drugs. A Tampa drug detox center offers new female-only program to stop drug dependency. Call (855) 912-7867 for an appointment at Drug Addiction Treatment …
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New Orleans Drug Detox Presents New Website That Offers Suggestions and …
A New Orleans drug detox center is announcing that a new website which focuses on drug rehabilitation and services is online through Drug Addiction Treatment Centers. On the website, http://rehabsdrugstreatment.com, individuals in New Orleans can …
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Son of Stabbed State Senator Treated for Bipolar Disorder, Friends Say
Before stabbing his politician father and taking his own life outside of his home, Gus Deeds, 24, struggled with a bipolar disorder that had utterly changed his life a few years ago, his friends told ABC News. Those who know him say he idolized his …
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Bipolar Relationships: The Dark Romeo and Juliet
Sometimes you get so lost and fall so deep into another person's illness, you become trapped. Especially when you struggle with your own mental illness and it impedes your ability to take care of yourself and see things clearly. Your illness can slowly …
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Daniel Day-Lewis' Son Gabe Raps About Racism, Being Bipolar and His …
The 18-year-old touches on a variety of topics on the track, ranging from being bipolar, smoking marijuana and what it's like to be the son of one of Hollywood's most critically acclaimed actors. "Call me Gabe Day and not Gabe Day-Lewis. Cause if you …
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Question by CH: Why do high school students have so many different subjects shoved down their throat?
No, I do NOT want to learn about the Pythagorean Theorem and the ancient Hittites. I could f**king care less. I want to be a psychotherapist. That has nothing to do with the Pythagorean theorem or ancient Hittites. And knowing about those two subjects will never, ever help me in life. Yet they’re still shoved down my throat. Here’s a dialogue with my school counselor.

“You need to start thinking about your career–you need to make these choices now.”

“Okay, I want to be a psychotherapist. I’ve had that goal for years. Can I quit geometry, literature, and biology and focus on that career area?”

“No, you’re not old enough to make those choices now.”

I love to learn–I’ve read Moby-Dick, Les Miserables, War and Peace, and The Tempest all on my own time. But I hate learning when the information is useless and I don’t get any input into what I learn. My school is like a prison! Girls suspended for carrying Ibuprofen, teachers keeping kids from going to the bathroom, bullsh*t lies about drugs in our health classes. (No, one joint of pot does not equal twenty-five cigarettes. Pot is bad for you, but not that bad.) Whitewashed “politically correct” history textbooks (No, there were not any important women in ancient China. They were oppressed like slaves. It’s a sad story, don’t lie about it to make us feel better.) Kids getting paddled (No, hitting us is not a way to get us to behave.) Idiotic abstinence only sex education classes (No, sex is not bad, it’s a healthy expression of love when it’s between the right two people.) Bullies that rampage through the halls and are given no opposition from either faculty or students. (No, Principal Roy, that 220 pound jock was not “kidding” when he tackled a freshman.) Security cameras hanging on the walls tracking our every move. Bells that ring and regiment every aspect of our lives. Computers with controls that censor our access to knowledge. I hate it! How can I and other students stand up for our education?

Best answer:

Answer by Bell
Go visit your school district board of directors. They usually have open meetings for the community to comment on whats going on at schools. Also, if you want, protest. I graduated in 2004 and we hardly did anything.

Answer by Just a girl
I so agree with you, I want to be a geneticist, i know i need to know math and science for that but I have no interest what so ever in literature, i do not care about Julius ceasar or dante.
I love science, and i know i want to be something that has to do with science, and i dont think literature will help me do that.

However, i will not protest. You never know if you suddenly change your mind, you learn something in a certain class that you find really interesting and you decide to change your future career choice.

Colorado Prison Turned Into Experimental Drug Treatment Facility
So when Colorado had to close the Fort Lyon State Prison, the state turned the prison into an experimental drug treatment facility for Denver's homeless addicts — even though Denver is 200 miles away. From the Here & Now Contributors Network, Ben …
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Florida House colleagues will pick up slack while Radel undergoes drug treatment
Through his attorney, David Schertler, Radel told the judge that he had already begun out-patient counseling through a Washington, D.C.-based organization called the Executive Addictive Disease Program. Schertler indicated Radel was also planning on …
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Dealing with Addictions Around Thanksgiving & the Holidays
Alcohol and drug abuse is common among individuals who struggle with depression or tension. The National Institute on Drug … Remember that you may have to confront some difficult memories and situations, particularly if part of your substance abuse …
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Scientists examine the causes and treatment of addictive behaviour
Dr Alain Dagher, of McGill University, believes that abnormal interactions between different decision-making regions in the brain are the underlying cause of addiction. A specific region in the brain called the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex regulates …
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Dr. Wilson Compton named Deputy Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse
Wilson Compton, M.D., M.P.E., a nationally known expert on the causes and prevention of drug abuse, has been appointed the Deputy Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA,) part of the National Institutes of Health. The announcement was …
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Mental health parity update – final regulations incorporate prior FAQs and …
For purposes of these regulations, the terms “mental health benefits” and “substance use disorder benefits” (the categories of protected benefits) have the following definition – “benefits with respect to services for mental health conditions or …
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Teenage Tyrants
She continued: “Currently, in its official definition of domestic abuse, the Home Office still leaves out children who are under the age of 16. “On top of this, police services do not currently have a system of flagging domestic violence … Families …
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Monterey County DA to be a leader in recidivism program
Harris said the new unit will be financed by "existing" Department of Justice monies, and will work with counties by "partnering on best practices and policy initiatives, such as the development of a statewide definition of recidivism, identifying …
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