Homeward Pikes Peak's Holmes planning private addiction recovery clinic
"It was a good time for me to depart – and very positively," Holmes said. Holmes' new program is a 30-day treatment center that can house up to 16 people who could receive treatment from a staff of clinicians including a physician, a physician's …
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Drug rehab plans revived, neighbors protest
The message is clear, neighbors just don't want to live next to recovering drug addicts and alcoholics. They say building a drug rehab center at the corner of NW Zenith Drive and East Torrino Parkway would put their property values and families at risk.
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Chief Keef Kidnapped, Forced Into Medical Center In "F*ck Rehab" Clip [Video]
Chicago rapper Chief Keef is riding the momentum from his "F*ck Rehab" anthem by releasing an accompanying music video which features him going through extremes to escape a treatment center. Keef's new Blood Money-assisted music video premiered …
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Experts Warn About Zohydro, FDA-Approved 'Heroin in Pill Form'
The drug makers claim that Zohydro is intended to help patients with severe and chronic pain without damaging the liver. Natalie Costa, producer of a documentary film about drug abuse called Behind the Orange Curtain, called the drug “heroin in pill …
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Free documentary on heroin abuse
The office of Vermont's U.S. attorney says a 2011 documentary on heroin abuse that is aimed at preventing people from getting involved with opiate drugs can be viewed online for free. The film "The Opiate Effect" is the story of University of Vermont …
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Deirdre Kelly, AKA White Dee: 'I would never watch a show called Benefits Street'
Vilified by critics as the "patron saint of drug addicts and dropouts", and lauded by fans as a working-class hero, hers is the latest – and possibly least likely – life to be turned inside out by a television show. "I've had offers from all … She is …
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Grant and Chezzi Denyer. Source: Supplied
“Arriving at the rehab centre in Thailand was a blur for me. I was there for help with my drug addiction and didn't know what to expect,” Karahan told the magazine. “It was the following day in a roomful of people in group therapy I saw Grant Denyer …
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Letter: Insurers stint on outpatient rehab
In 30 years, no one has ever told me his or her childhood dream was to become an alcoholic or drug addict. These people are sick and suffering. Let them get the treatment they need. Claudia Ragni, Smithtown. Editor's note: The writer owns outpatient …
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Canadian rehab center installs crack pipe vending machine
A drug treatment center in Vancouver, Canada has installed a crack pipe vending machine at its facility — going retail in an effort to reach hardcore addicts and keep them off the streets. The bright, polka-dotted machine dispenses crack pipes like …
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Govt urged to focus more on preventing drug abuse
The International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) recommended that the Indonesian government should invest more in preventing drug abuse and establishing a rehabilitation center rather than prosecuting drug addicts. The 2013 annual report published by …
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INCB Preaches Prevention and Treatment to Tackle Drugs in Latest Report
Indonesian officials have begun a push for greater access to rehabilitation programs in recent years, but efforts to address the problem with treatment centers instead of prison terms has yet to effect widespread change. The nation has some of the …
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Anti-drug success comes in communities pulling together, AG says in Warren
Mandatory drug screening in the schools “will either prevent use or catch it at an early level,” she said. One woman expressed the opinion that lack of jobs is a factor that adds to the incidence of drug addiction in the area. “What I would like to see …
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Businesmman Robert Johnson left prison a changed man
NEW BEDFORD — After sunset once a week, the parents of drug addicts gather at St. Luke's Hospital to share stories, comfort each other and ask: "What should I do with my child?" They ask Robert Johnson, a tall, slender, well-dressed man with …
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Hoffman among thousands of addiction victims
His death, which came after a long period of sobriety that ended last year, "epitomizes the tragedy of drug addiction in our society," said Dr. Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse. "Here you have an extraordinarily talented …
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Belmont Common Pleas Court accepts drug grant
"Unfortunately, the drug addiction problem around here has really, really exploded recently," he said, adding that opiates are the current drug of choice, with prescription medication and heroin as well. The probate courts commonly see 150-200 eligible …
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Addictions Journey – Understanding and Patience
A few years prior to this being written, I had met my biological Mother and her family, only to have the situation become too ridiculous for me to handle. I come from a long, glorious, line of addicts. Alcoholics, Drug addicts, derelicts, criminals …
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The mythology of marijuana
Harry Anslinger never became too concerned about heroin in those years because it was looked upon essentially as a problem limited to the African-American community and worthless drug addicts. What turned him on was the increasing use of marijuana …
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It's the Drugs, Stupid! Prescription Psychotropic Drugs Cause Brain Injury
Psychotropic drugs have been used for the purpose of suppressing fear and enabling murderous rage for a long time. In Dispatches, his extraordinary book about the war in Vietnam, Michael Herr passes this along about the use of drugs by American soldiers:.
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