Addict in nurse's scrubs: Drugs take over

Addict in nurse's scrubs: Drugs 'take over'
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Jim Kaju, a former nursing aide and onetime cop, found ways to feed his addiction on the job. Jim Kaju had been fired from his job at the University of Minnesota's hospital, but he wasn't going to let that stop his addiction. ...
Trying to remove alcoholic directors of homeowners association
Los Angeles Times
Both directors attend various support groups for their alcoholism but their actions and poor judgment end up costing the association and owners money by binding us to contracts we probably would not have entered into. How do we tactfully handle this ...
Alarm at growing addiction problems among professionals
The Guardian
Research suggests 15-24% of lawyers will suffer from alcoholism during their careers, while the British Medical Association estimates that one in 15 healthcare professionals will develop an addiction problem. Doctors are three times more likely to ...
Auckland nurse admits drug addiction
Stuff.co.nz
An Auckland nurse admitted her battle with drug addiction after charges were laid against her for ordering hundreds of prescription pills for patients who didn't need them. ''I know I have a problem with drugs - admitting to myself has been a huge ...
My Teenager Is A Drug Addict - A Father's Story
Patch.com
I have written this in hopes that this may make some people think and act to stop this madness. I pray for every family enduring the anguish that goes with adolescent drug addiction and all those families that will continue to go through this until we ...
Drug addict strangles wife to death
DAWN.com
CHARSADDA, Nov 12: A drug addict strangled his wife to death in Prang area and a man killed his fiancĂ© in Othmanzai while a bridegroom died mysteriously on the first night of his marriage in Sabqadar area of the district, police said. ...
Consultation on opening of drug addiction centre in Brockley ending soon
News Shopper
By Nina Massey » A CONSULTATION on the opening of drug addiction centre in Brockley is drawing to a close. Lewisham Council and Lewisham healthcare trust currently jointly fund a drug and alcohol treatment service which is based at New Direction on ...
Asheville's Susan Reinhardt on one woman's escape from crack addiction
Asheville Citizen-Times
And after I printed the piece on loving an addict, Debra threw it on her daughter's bed, where she lay recovering from a crack binge. “I had come rolling in that morning after being gone a couple of days,” Amanda said. “Reading the article was a ...
Drugs policy advisor under fire over links to pharmaceutical company
The Independent
The latest case has caused outrage among campaigners who say drug addiction policies have for too long been open to abuse from vested interests. The issue will be discussed by the Inter Ministerial Group on Drugs this week, The Independent has learnt. ...
Suboxone Drug Found Effective for Treating Painkiller Abuse
PsychCentral.com
By Traci Pedersen Associate News Editor Addiction to prescription painkillers is reduced when the individual is given consistent treatment with the drug Suboxone (buprenorphine plus naloxone), according to the first randomized large-scale clinical ...
Perry Farrell Thinks Music Needs to Focus on Developing Youth
Alternative Addiction
According to Jane's Addiction lead singer and Lollapalooza founder Perry Farrell, the music industry could learn a lesson or two from sports leagues like the NFL or the NBA. That lesson isn't about a lockout or going on strike, it's about youth ...
Expert to talk on liquor crisis
Wanganui Chronicle
The head of New Zealand's alcohol and addiction centre says more effective control of the liquor industry is the key to reducing the country's alcohol addiction. Professor Doug Sellman is coming to Wanganui to deliver the annual Porritt Lecture at ...
Drug and substance abuse: Killing Punjab's GenNext
NDTV
It is easily available in every corner," says Jagan Deep Singh, a drug addict. "I was in ninth class when I started (using drugs). Most of the friends consume drugs too," says Karan Bir Singh, another drug addict. With the addiction spread reaching ...
Six Caught Making Meth with Children Present
WSAZ-TV
Nov 12, 2011 at 10:27 PM Addiction is not a disease like cancer. There is no comparison. Most people don't ask for cancer. Addiction is the result ...
Upcoming health and wellness events
Detroit Free Press
"The Doctor's Opinion on Alcoholism": Presented by Dr. Herbert Malinoff. This program will describe a physician's view of alcoholism as presented in the literature of Alcoholics Anonymous and updated with the modern neurobiology of addictive illness. ...
Jim Priest: Substance abuse and personal responsibility
NewsOK.com
Oklahoma's addiction problem is a collective problem calling for a collective solution. We need all hands on deck — not just workers at the mental health agency or law enforcement or school drug counselors. We need everyone to lend their efforts to ...
Severe lashing by husband sends wife to hospital
Emirates 24/7
An alcoholic Saudi husband returned home on the first day of Eid Al Adha, ripped his wife's clothes and lashed her many times in front of her five little sons. Doctors said she suffered from severe injuries on the back, hands and face. ...
Out & about: Cape's SWFAS office celebrates 20th year
The News-Press
Keith Arnold were among community leaders who celebrated the 20-year anniversary of Southwest Florida Addiction Services in Cape Coral on Wednesday, Nov. 9. Arnold, who originally obtained funding for the building from the Florida legislature, ...
Help grandchild deal with deadbeat dad
Poughkeepsie Journal
These meetings will help to teach you a better way of explaining to your granddaughter what alcoholism is all about and how to handle the disappointments. There is a group in every city and by calling AA (Alcoholics Anonymous) you can find one close to ...
Outlawed bath salts still leave shattered lives behind
Ocala
His mother looked on just a few feet away, unable to stop her son and unable to fathom that his year-long struggle with drug addiction had come to this. The pair stood in the middle of their usually quiet Ocala street. Smith pulled the trigger. ...
Why do people come into rehabilitation treatment?
Private Healthcare UK
Phil Grant believes that even minimal exposure to addiction treatment can be helpful: “anything that puts forward the education of alcoholism as being an illness, and the opportunity of recovery...is beneficial -- whether the patient completes ...
Sunday profile: Rachel Halligan
Statesman Journal
A recovering alcoholic and drug addict, Rachel knows her past remains very close. She knows the anniversaries by heart. Sept. 30, 1988. The day Rachel Halligan's best friend, Lori Smith, lost her life to a drunken driver on Stayton Road. ...
They live on borrowed time
IBNLive.com
These are egoistic suicides due to mental stress, family problems and alcoholism besides agrarian crisis, says psychiatrist and former director of Institute of Mental and Neuro Sciences (IMHANS), Kozhikode, Dr Suresh Kumar, who has done extensive ...
Prescription meds are becoming stimulants of choice on college campuses
Memphis Commercial Appeal
His research focuses heavily on addiction among college students. In a culture where people fuel up several times a day on Starbucks and chain-drink Red Bull, depending on stimulants is a way of life, Murphy said. So when a student reaches for someone ...
The drugs-crime cycle
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
The situation gets worse when we discover that the average addict will commit 140 felonies within six months. These figures are from US Department of Justice studies, and they demonstrate the devastation cocaine is having on our country Not a day goes...
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A working life: the addiction counsellor
The Guardian
Richard loves travelling and got married in Cuba. He has two sons who have both grown up with a thorough understanding of the damage that drug and alcohol abuse can cause. Richard Kingdon - an addiction councillor who works in the City of London.
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