Exclusive Interview: Pine Grove Treatment Center on Prescription Drug Abuse …
The latest report by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) suggests prescription drug misuse is still one of the biggest health concerns in the U.S., affecting approximately 22 million Americans since 2002. The problem …
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Ind. substance abuse hospital to open women's drug-, alcohol-treatment center …
SHELBYVILLE, Indiana — An Indianapolis hospital that focuses on substance abuse has announced plans to open a drug- and alcohol-treatment center for women at a secluded central Indiana site that its chief executive says will become one of only a …
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Prescription Drug Abuse and Sober Living Homes
For those of you who might have a problem, sober living homes are a great source of education and support to help you reverse your cycle of abusing prescription drugs and drug addiction. When you become addicted to a drug, you will be dependent on the …
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Mother helping parents cope with kids' drug abuse
That's why the addiction that threatened the life she hoped for her family proved to be so paralyzing two years ago. Today, Salzbrunn is the founder of Temecula's Parent Support Group, where she helps parents grappling with the very question she asked …
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Zombie Island: Puerto Rico Drug Addiction Turning Resident Users Into Zombies …
Nations around the world are investing in their society by providing drug treatment facilities, support services and training instead of incarcerating drug addicts! The end result has produced reduced drug addiction and a reduction in crime! Puerto …
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George Patterson
In 1964, for example, Patterson, the British documentary film-maker Adrian Cowell and the cameraman Chris Menges became the first three Westerners to cross the border between Nepal and Tibet with the Khamba armed resistance, which at that time was …
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The House I Live In – the true story of The Wire
The pair were meeting, in late 2010, to discuss America's long-running and inherently unsuccessful “war” on domestic drug abuse, and the conversation was to be filmed as part of The House I Live In, Jarecki's epic documentary, seven years in the making …
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1226 drug dealing cases reported; 294 dealers held in 2012
A documentary on the functions of DGNPS was screened on the occasion. A former drug addict narrated his battle with addiction. Retired police officers who served in the directorate were also honoured. 1,226 drug dealing cases reported; 294 dealers held …
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Question by Dbl-A-ron: Is D.A.R.E working to prevent drug abuse in teens or is it just a waste of tax dollers?
D.A.R.E has been around for about 20 years, is it working to prevent drug use in the youth of America? I’m not sure it is, seeing that the number of drugs being used hasnt decreased in decades. Why are we paying for a program that isn’t working? D.A.R.E uses scare tactics when teaching about drugs. I remember hearing that marijuana causes severe brain damage, but studies show this to be false. Also it cause lung cancer, recent studies have also shown this so called “fact” to be false. Why are we allowing these programs to lie to the youth?

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Answer by Keiser
waste of tax dollars. The school system think that by allowing for children to experience these types of programs that they will be able to not get hooked onto drugs…they are wrong.

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Treatment centers lack funding to help drug addiction
PRESTONSBURG, Ky. (WYMT) – Officials say prescription drug abuse is leading the drug epidemic. They say treating the addiction is key, but limited funding for treating substance abuse is making that difficult. "You wouldn't believe the amount of …
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How to beat your demons, literally: Siberian psychologists thrash patients …
The painful treatment, which involves lashing addicts on the buttocks, could help cure drug-users such as Pete Doherty or anyone who has failed with other methods, its practitioners claim. However, 'the reaction of most people is predictable: to …
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Oregon finds efforts to treat drug addicts paying off
Addicts also get help when they're looking for a place to turn, because Oregon's state, county and municipal governments, and its treatment providers, have created a coordinated network that gets them into treatment. Portland has a reputation for …
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Series hopes to shine light on addiction challenges
According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse: “Addiction is a chronic, often relapsing brain disease that causes compulsive drug seeking and use, despite harmful consequences to the addicted individual and to those around him or her. Although the …
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Oregon finds efforts to treat drug addicts paying off
That philosophy fuels Oregon's nationally reputed system of addiction care that officials, health experts and treatment professionals say provides lessons for Kentucky as it struggles with a crippling prescription drug-abuse problem and an overwhelmed …
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Signs of Teen Drug and Alcohol Addiction
Drug and alcohol abuse can turn to both dependent habits and addictive problems. Even if your teenager is willing to stop, he/she may not be able to do so. Furthermore, cutting drug use and alcohol addiction after a relatively long period of time can …
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