ETSU scholars get .2M for drug abuse prevention
JOHNSON CITY (AP) – East Tennessee State University has received a more-than-$ 2.2 million grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse to launch a research program aimed at battling prescription drug abuse. According to the school, a team of …
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PROSPER prevention programs dramatically cut substance abuse among teens
Prevention is often the best medicine, not only for physical health, but also public health, according to researchers at Penn State and Iowa State University. According to the researchers, young adults reduce their overall prescription drug misuse up …
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Comment: Drug abuse prevention saves lives and cuts costs
It is unacceptable for us to think that we can ignore the drug problem and it will just go away. We are a country still living in deep denial about drug use by youth. Journey believes that the three sentences destroying youth – more than any other …
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Addiction Complicates Treatment of PTSD
A huge number of those who abuse drugs have suffered, or currently suffer from post traumatic stress disorder — the abuse of substances is often a way of coping with the symptoms of PTSD, or becomes a further addiction because of the way that …
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Can Ritalin Cure Cocaine Addiction? ADHD Drug Helps Coke Addicts Quell …
According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, cocaine works by causing dopamine, a feel-good chemical in our brains, to flood our brain circuits. Normally, neurons release dopamine in response to "potential rewards," like smelling good food. The …
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Marijuana Legalization Gains Support, Confounding Policymakers
"We're on this hundred-mile-an-hour freight train to legalizing a third addictive substance," says Kevin Sabet, a former drug policy adviser in the Obama administration, lumping marijuana with tobacco and alcohol. Legalization strategist Ethan …
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Broken Family Bonds and Addiction
Most addicts get into drugs and alcohol to suppress some type of trauma that they went through. I had the pleasure of talking to "Jillian", a woman in recovery who went through traumatic events that has caused her an amazing amount of pain and …
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Gefinor Rotana conducts training sessions for the rehabilitation of drug …
Gefinor Rotana, in collaboration with drug association "Joy of Heaven – Bonheur Du Ciel", held a gala dinner at its 'Grand Ballroom' to distribute graduation diplomas to the young group that successfully participated in the training sessions with …
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Abia Gov't To Set Up Rehabilitation Homes For Drug Addicts
Abia state government says it has concluded plans to build centres that would serve as rehabilitation homes for drug addicts in the state. Speaking during the 2013 UN Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking at the Abia state Office of the …
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Reprieve for drug addicts
Four organizations at the Coast have struck a partnership deal that will see them work together to rehabilitate thousands of drug addicts in the region. The four, including Reach Out Centre, Muslims for Human Rights, Mewa Hospital and the Shariff …
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'Ferocious' addiction: Judge considers rehab for suspect in courthouse drug …
EAST ST. LOUIS — U.S. Magistrate Donald Wilkerson decided Thursday that he would take some time to decide whether to release St. Clair County courthouse drug scandal suspect Sean McGilvery to an inpatient drug rehabilitation facility. Wilkerson said …
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Narconon Demonstrates Determination to Overcome Drug Addiction with …
Narconon, the international network of rehabilitation centers, showed its determination to succeed in the fight against addiction with coordinated support for the UN International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. When this event is held …
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Brighton: Terrence Higgins Trust launches drug and addiction support group
Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) is launching a support group in Brighton for gay and bisexual men who feel drug or alcohol use is badly affecting their lives. The group, which will meet at the sexual health charity's centre in Ship Street on Thursday …
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My Jakarta: Edo Nasution, Drug Victims Support Group Coordinator
What is the one thing that has most helped you recover from your addiction? Love. For decades, consistent support from the people closest to me, especially from my mother, has had a huge influence on me as a drug user to continue to recover. Without …
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Question by FAITH: How come people on government assistance are not subject to a drug test before and while receiving benefits?
Our tax dollars are paying for a lot of people’s drug addictions. I know here in California, most people on welfare are also on some type of drug abuse. They will take the General Relief money and Food Stamps and feed their drug habit instead of the kids. I believe they should all be subject to drug testing to receive benefits from our tax money and continue with unannounced drug testing to continue to receive payments. We the tax payers have a right to where the money is going.

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Answer by TheOrange Evil
I think it’d be a lot cheaper and easier to 1) get rid of welfare, especially long-term welfare, and 2) make drugs legal.

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Narconon Demonstrates Determination to Overcome Drug Addiction with …
The children were enlightened about how drug abuse can destroy their hopes and dreams and how drug problems reach all around the world. In Burbank, Kiwanis club members received a seminar from the Narconon drug prevention group for southern …
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New addiction recovery group available in Calvert
County residents who may be in recovery or seeking sobriety from a drug addiction can now find support through a new recovery group. The Dawn of Recovery is a peer-to-peer support group for individuals ages 18 and up recovering from addiction or …
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Singing group is evidence there's life after addiction
The Evidence, which is part of the organisation Teen Challenge UK, is made up of men who have overcome drug abuse, crime and addiction. The singing group shared their stories with members of the Elim Pentecostal Church, Durham Road, Barnes.
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