Daughter's heroin problem instructs Skokie police
… heroin addiction as well as statistics about the severity of the problem. Also a certified drug counselor, she has been taking her anti-heroin message to anyone who will listen. Skokie police are the first to integrate it into a formal training to …
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Our View: Increase Mainers' access to safe, effective anti-overdose drug
There's no evidence that the availability of naloxone increases the intensity of heroin abuse. In fact, some research suggests that active outreach as part of a distribution program can cut drug abuse and push more people toward treatment. Cost should …
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Letter: Our medicinal system and heroin abuse
There are many institutional failures in our society that contribute to drug abuse. The two most obvious ones are family and schools. We are all responsible fro counseling our children about the dangers of drug abuse and other substances, and we should …
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Needle exchange bill finds early support
The health department would also provide educational materials about drug addiction and blood-borne diseases, as well as drug treatment referrals and HIV testing and counseling. After five years, state lawmakers would have the option to suspend or …
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SALINE: First meeting of addiction task force set for Feb. 24
The Saline Community Addiction Task Force will be made up of nine people with Police Chief Larry Hrinik serving as a co-chair along with Smita Nagpal, Ph.D., who is co-owner and programs director at Still Waters Counseling, a local holistic treatment …
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Question by Amber: What kind of “addiction” can my main character have?
In my book I need the main male character to have some sort of addiction or something to keep the story line interesting. One of the characters already has an alcohol addiction so we can’t use that…I’ve tried to think of other things such as pills or something but I don’t know a whole lot about pill/medication addiction. I’ve even considered bi-polar or depression but I’m just not sure. Any suggestions?? Hit me with anything you have :]

Best answer:

Answer by God the Editing Dog
Porn. <- great addiction.

Answer by ~Chris~
He should totally be addicted to crack.

Jason Wahler on Addiction: Philip Seymour Hoffman's Death 'Brought Me Right …
Jason Wahler is the latest celeb to open up about his battle with substance abuse and addiction in the wake of Philip Seymour Hoffman's death. On Thursday, the former The Hills star, 27, wrote a personal essay for The Huffington Post, in which he …
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New substance abuse treatment resources focus on teens
“Because critical brain circuits are still developing during the teen years, this age group is particularly susceptible to drug abuse and addiction,” said NIDA Director Dr. Nora D. Volkow. “These new resources are based on recent research that has …
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RAYSAC Radar: Prescription drug abuse leads teens to heroin
The 2013 Monitoring the Future made available by the University of Michigan and the National Institute on Drug Abuse reports that 21.5% of 12th graders said they had used prescription drugs without a prescription at least once in their lifetime, while …
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Question by t.: when are you technically “addicted” to something?
i use lortabs, pot, and alcohol quite often. i’ve tried to quit everything but bad times, and i end up back to them all, usually even harder then before. what i want to know is when can you technically say you have an “addiction”?

Best answer:

Answer by Tomiko
You can’t get enough of it, you can’t stop.

Answer by Maniac Gamer
You are addicted when you feel the need for it and the desire for the thing takes control of you.

Treatment Center Finder Expands Their Addiction Hotline
Their facilities help with all sorts of addiction including drug and alcohol rehabilitation, dual diagnosis treatment, Christian and faith-based rehab centers, gambling addiction, drug and alcohol detox, and eating disorder treatments. Recently …
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Heroin addicts who want help likely to be denied by insurers
“A lot of these heroin users now have families, and the insurers aren't looking at them the same way as someone who's homeless or living in a drug house,” said Robert Lebman, president of Huther Doyle, an addiction treatment center in Rochester. (Page …
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A letter to my son on marijuana [Commentary]
Their previous stations in life didn't much matter — 99 percent of the time their stories had a common denominator: addiction. Typically, an addiction … These folks confidently point out that the "gateway drug" really isn't since so many people can …
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Accused Philip Seymour Hoffman Dope Dealer Claims 300 Bags of Heroin For …
The man accused of selling Philip Seymour Hoffman the heroin that killed him says he's not a drug dealer. In fact, he's such a hopeless heroin addict himself that the 300 bags of heroin police found in his residence were for his own use, 57-year-old …
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Rebels in Pearls: The Flappers — Socialites, Actresses, Artists — Were Jazz …
Illustrates BOOKS-FLAPPERS (category e), by Anne Helen Petersen (c) 2014, Slate. Moved Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014. (MUST CREDIT: Matthew Roberts.) Six highly visible … If these stories sound tantalizing, it's because each flapper's early rebellion and …
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