Medical marijuana gains traction in the Deep South
ATLANTA — Medical marijuana has been a non-starter in recent years in the Deep South, where many Republican lawmakers feared it could lead to widespread drug use and social ills. That now appears to be changing, with proposals to allow a form of …
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In The Wake Of Tragedy, The Possibility of Understanding
The death of the brilliant actor Philip Seymour Hoffman, killed by an apparent heroin overdose at the age of 46, is a frightening reminder of the torture that is addiction. After a bout with drugs when he was younger, Hoffman was clean for two decades …
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Let us not mourn this act of selfishness
But the book scared me enough to keep me from ever trying drugs. Heck, I've … I am going to say here what I said to someone on Facebook, who then called me an unfeeling bitch: Drug addicts may be diseased, but they are also selfish as hell. I'll give …
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Split sentencing: What's not to like, LA?
Under California's AB 109 public safety realignment, low-level felons do their time in county jail instead of state prison, and courts have the option to split their sentences between time behind bars and time under supervised release. An offender …
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Re-entry court: Sacramento's spin on realignment
Under realignment, California for the last 21/2 years has been shifting responsibility for the drug addicts and small-time thieves who used to crowd the state prisons to the 58 counties, giving local jurisdictions latitude in how to deal with the …
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Recovered alcoholic launches Go Sober program in Longmont
Go Sober uses Gabapentin, which is not approved by the Food and Drug Administration for alcohol treatment, to restore the brain's ability to produce dopamine naturally, said Weeman, who works at Longmont Integrative Family Practice. Gabapentin is used …
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Buffalo Treatment Center for Alcohol & Drug Addiction Announced
A Buffalo treatment center is pleased to announce that programs to help adults and adolescents end their alcohol and drug addiction are now available. Alcohol, cocaine, heroin, and Oxycontin are just a few of the substances that the treatment center …
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Fort Wayne Treatment Center Announces Adult, Adolescent Programs to Tackle …
A Fort Wayne treatment center is announcing that new adult and adolescent programs aimed at tackling substance abuse issues, mainly drugs and alcohol, are now available through Drug Addiction Treatment Centers. These programs expand upon the …
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Question by mags2313: Why is alcoholism or being an alcoholic considered a disease?
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Best answer:

Answer by kiki
Because it’s a mental and physical addiction. It’s not a choice. There’s a chemical reaction in the brain from it.

Answer by wazup1971
Because nobody will admit it is their fault, like with drugs, it is always anybody else’ s responsibility.

My wife’s mother was an alcoholic and she was really mean to my wife when she was a teenager. And she blames everybody for being alcoholic, genes, addictive personality, friends, parents, my wife…. except herself.

Alcohol & Drug Rehab Tampa Launches Effort to Reduce Statistics on Heroin …
Tampa, FL (PRWEB) February 04, 2014. A Tampa alcohol and drug rehab center has announced that it is launching an effort toward cutting down the number of people that are dealing with heroin addiction issues through Drug Addiction Treatment Centers.
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Drug addict support worker fined after being caught with cocaine and MDMA
Town hall drug counsellor fined after HE HIMSELF was caught with cocaine and MDMA. A COUNCIL worker whose job was to give support and advice to drug addicts has been fined £300 after police discovered cocaine and MDMA in his house. By: Jane …
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One snapshot in a tragic national picture: Long Island sees exploding heroin use
"We do very intense work with the families. So we help shift the family's support system." Heroin use has exploded in what is being described as an epidemic on New York's Long Island, where addiction counselors are seeing users as young as 12 — many …
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Drug and alcohol addicts in Sutton Coldfield and Erdington are to be given …
… and their families tackle their addiction. The special sessions will act as 'pathways' for people who need support and will provide an opportunity for them to seek treatment for drug and/or alcohol dependency, as well as offering support for family …
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Planning Commission approves drug rehab center
AUGUSTA (WRDW) — Plans are moving forward to open a new drug rehab center in Augusta. Yesterday, members of the Augusta Planning Commission signed off on a resolution to open the clinic off Bennock Mill Road. It does not require approval from the …
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Faith-based drug rehab program coming to Cullman
Good Hope resident Jeremy Easter said he believes in the Teen Challenge program because it helped him overcome his 12-year drug addiction. … “Teen Challenge isn't a rehabilitation center, it's a 12-month Christian discipleship program,” Easter said.
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