Rob Kardashian Reuters
The 26-year-old has reportedly checked himself into rehab at The Meadows trauma and addiction treatment center in Arizona. According to reports, Kardashian has gained weight due to smoking marijuana, drinking alcohol and prescription cough syrup.
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by Pete Boyd

Smartphone App May Help People Overcome Alcoholism
WEDNESDAY, March 26, 2014 (HealthDay News) — A smartphone application, or "app," designed to tackle addiction has helped recovering alcoholics stay sober or reduce their risky drinking, a new clinical trial reports. Participants using the A-CHESS app …
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Commission would better address Louisiana's domestic violence problems …
East Baton Rouge Parish assistant district attorney and special prosecutor for domestic violence Melanie Fields said, "Typically in this state of Louisiana, homicides are either drug related or domestic related." Some of those facts, coupled … On a …
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Runaway/Throwaway Children: Predictors and Preventions
Some parents sexually abuse their children or allow others to do so. Parents who are consumed by their substance abuse problems may lack the emotional or physical resources to care for their children. Contacting a child abuse hotline when abuse is …
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Former Bostonian tops chart with Dagger Brotherhood
Before she was a best-selling author, Bird, whose Black Dagger Brotherhood series and its spinoff books have sold more than 10 million copies, was a lawyer and the former chief of staff at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. She went to Northfield …
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Occasional Pot Use May Harm Young People's Brains
“There is this general perspective out there that using marijuana recreationally is not a problem — that it is a safe drug,” says Anne Blood, an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School and the co-senior author of the study, which is being …
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The Immeasurable Power of Love in Overcoming Poverty and Oppression: The …
He brought extra books from home, and made sure Leroy always had something good to read. Leroy became an avid reader. As he grew older and landed in the penitentiary for drug addiction and drug dealing, he read more and more sophisticated books on …
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University of Wyoming Calendar for April 21-27
Tuesday, April 22, 1:30-3 p.m. — Author Ann Patchett will speak and sign books, College of Education auditorium. Free. Tuesday, April 22, 4:30 p.m. — George Lipsitz, professor of black studies and sociology at the University of California at …
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Drug abuse goes out of control
Chaman Shah Etemadi, the representative from Ghazni and member of the parliamentary committee to counter narcotics said a lack of jobs and failure to provide vocational training to cured drug addicts were stumbling blocks to their successful …
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Legal high battle a political hot potato
Addicts and their families have come forward to share their tales of developing psychosis, anxiety, insomnia, losing relationships and jobs while dependent on the legal highs, and how they have struggled to shake that dependency. Medical experts fear …
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State senator leads drug talk
WEIRTON – State Sen. Robert "Rocky" Fitzsimmons, D-Wheeling, asked the many attending a meeting Thursday of Advocates for Substance Abuse Prevention for input in dealing with the illegal drug problem and got an earful. Various officials from Brooke …
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Question by 36: why do people abuse drugs?

Best answer:

Answer by Nathan
boredom, their friends are doing it, to escape from life, to be cool

Answer by thebigd
I guess because they start becoming a way to take you away from reality. Although it might be fun at first, but it turns into a living nightmare.

Obama adviser says recovering drug addicts should speak up
NEW HAVEN — The president's top adviser on drug policy urged those recovering from drug addiction to give hope to others by speaking out, saying that stigma and denial about substance abuse are obstacles to treatment. Michael Botticelli, acting …
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What's the best way to treat doctors on drugs? #tellusatoday
More than 100,000 health professionals across the country struggle with drug abuse or addiction. They are rarely caught, putting the lives of their patients in danger, a USA TODAY investigation revealed. We asked our followers on Twitter what should be …
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Kutztown area residents turn out for substance abuse meeting
Speakers including State Senator Judy Schwank say the drug abuse problem affects the entire community. "It's not somebody else's problem, it's our problem. And when it impacts one family, it truly impacts all of us," Schwank said. Hundreds of people …
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Local preacher writes book about a religious movement to unite races …
As a young man, he was addicted to drugs for 10 years, especially crack cocaine, before he went to a Christian recovery center in Mount Olive. There, Thornton said he accepted Christ into his life, putting behind him a life of addiction, homelessness …
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2 PHL teachers shine in Microsoft contest in Spain
Public schools lacked facilities, laboratory equipment, and\books. … The common problems they observed were impassable roads during the rainy season, dengue outbreak, and more disturbing concerns like teenage pregnancy and drug addiction.
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How one lost sheep found hope in Christianity
On the morning of 13 December 2008 I woke up to my first day of recovery from drugs and alcohol. I say “woke up”, but it was more a case of … drugs and dangerous men in sordid places. The previous 12 months had seen me descending into the chaos of …
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