Adderall addiction - Students misuse drug to gain boost while studying

Adderall addiction: Students misuse drug to gain boost while studying - Iowa State Daily: News: "The United States is 4 percent of the world’s population but produces 88 percent of the world’s legal amphetamine. Adderall, also known as the “study drug,” is in high demand across the nation and has increasingly become highly abused by college students who claim Adderall is the key to academic success. . . . The study also found that full-time college students, between the ages of 18 and 22, were twice as likely to abuse Adderall than those of the same age and not in college. . . . The strive for perfectionism in society often leaves students feeling an immense amount of pressure to succeed; with increased competitiveness in the job market, college students feel the pressure to get perfect grades. In June 2012, The New York Times published an article entitled, “In Their Own Words: ‘Study Drugs.’” The article was compiled of personal stories of high school and college students who abused prescription drugs for academic advantage. In the article, students from across the nation vividly describe their experiences with the so-called “academic steroid.” Frequent abusers of Adderall described feeling inundated with schoolwork and the intense pressure put on by themselves, family members and educators. “Something inside of me that sparked the drive to be independently successful died, and I swallowed the pills,” said a female student from Minneapolis to the New York Times. . . .  "


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Bright Spot for Drug Addiction

Bright Spot for Drug Addiction - Technorati Lifestyle: "The Common's Home Affairs Select Committee report on drug policy shows some improvement in the battle against drug addiction. The report shows that while not all methods of drug prevention have been effective, the evidence based prevention has proved effective. The most notable positive outcome is the falling number of drug addicts in the last decade. Then number of young people seeking treatment for heroin and crack cocaine are also down. This, combined with a falling number of injection drug users means the UK should also see a decrease in the number of new HIV cases. Just as importantly, more people are seeking help for addiction. The number of people in recovery has significantly increased in recent years."


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Operation Christmas Cheer - With help, couple defeats drug addiction (video)


Operation Christmas Cheer: With help, couple defeats drug addiction demon - MontereyHerald.com :: What follows is a love story, but it might not sell to the Harlequin crowd. David Tate and Erica Snow were introduced four years ago by a mutual friend — their drug dealer — when both showed up to score a few rocks of crack cocaine. Snow, born and raised in Monterey, was a certified nursing assistant for Central Coast Senior Services and a caregiver for a loving father who was nearing the end of his days. Tate had been a self-described "hustler" for much of his adult life, supporting his habit by dealing crack to a couple of dozen fellow addicts who hung around Roberts Lake in Seaside. It wasn't quite love at first sight, Snow says. "We all got into a car together. David kept calling me 'baby,'" she recalls. . . . A blessing for Snow is that she straightened herself out before her father died. He recognized that she had changed and died in peace, she says, knowing his only child was going to be OK. His last week, she says, was the most wonderful time she ever spent with him as an adult. But the couple's reconstruction of their lives was only beginning. When her father died, his income went away. She couldn't afford to stay in the house, and for the first time in her life, she was homeless. Fortunately, kindness and good fortune were coming Tate's way. . . . "God put a lot of wonderful people in our lives," Snow says. "He took us through these trials for a reason. He wanted us to become grateful for what we have. And he also wanted to teach us that you can be up today, but down tomorrow." Operation Christmas Cheer Operation Christmas Cheer is sponsored by The Herald, the Salvation Army and 1st Capital Bank to help local families that find themselves in need this time of year. . . . "


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Women battling homelessness and drug addiction get free makeover

CBS Atlanta 46Women battling homelessness and drug addiction get free makeover - CBS Atlanta 46: "A group of Atlanta women who are working to turn their struggles into success received a free day of pampering. They are part of Gilgal Inc., a Christian-based residential recovery program in Atlanta. The women in the program are battling homelessness and drug addiction. On Saturday, they were all offered facials, manicures and makeovers to help them get a head start on their future. Rev. Rodney K. Turner, pastor of Mount Vernon Baptist Church of Atlanta is a supporter of Gilgal Inc. "All of us together can help these ladies get back up and get back into society and be successful, all of us play a role in that," Turner said. Gilgal says 70 percent of women who leave their program have stable housing, a job and have maintained their sobriety."

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Why addiction carries a stigma

8 reasons addiction carries a stigma - Salon.com: "American Society of Addiction Medicine characterizes addiction as a “primary, chronic disease of brain reward, motivation, memory and related circuitry.” The National Institute on Drug Abuse defines addiction as a ‘chronic, relapsing brain disease” that changes the structure and functionality of the brain. So why do so many people still think of addiction as a moral failing? Why do they still refer to victims of substance misuse disorders as meth freaks, alcoholics, junkies, crackheads and garden-variety drunks? The answer is simple as it is depressing: because that’s the way it’s always been. Addicts are scorned by communities and celebrities with addictions are exploited or hounded by paparazzi. And while the government purports to view addiction as a disease, it often works in opposition to that position through the “War on Drugs,” which counts most drug users as criminals. .  . . "


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Addict steals from mom to fuel drug addiction

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Montco man steals from mom to fuel drug addiction
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An admitted Upper Moreland heroin addict this week acknowledged he ripped off his mother to fuel his drug addiction. Raymond E. Rigous, 23, of the 400 block of Bensal Road, this week pleaded guilty to stealing items from his mom's china cabinet and ...

Addicted to prescription drugs? There's a prescription drug for that
Daily Caller
Though methadone and the nicotine patch are two examples of drug treatments widely used to treat forms of drug addiction, the push to produce addiction-killing pharmaceuticals is relatively new. The drug Campral, intended to combat alcoholism, was ...

Daily Caller

Mike Tyson Admits To Drug Addiction During The Hangover | Bossip
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Mike Tyson Admits To Drug Addiction During The Hangover Via RadarOnline reports: It's no secret that Mike Tyson struggled with drug addiction for many years, and he isn't shy about sharing horror stories from back in the day.
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Drug Addiction | Vet Failures | Solutions Recovery
The Detroit News highlights how a network of courts, including one in Detroit's 36th District Court, are steering drug- and alcohol-addicted military vets back to ...

Drug Addiction - Alcoholism - Can Parents Help Their Child Avoid It ...
Drug addiction - alcoholism - is it possible to do something from birth and before that first drink or drug experimentation that could make a difference for your ...

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Rethinking our attitude to drugs

Rethinking our attitude to drugs | Great Lakes Advocate: "ILLICIT drugs are widely viewed with fear and loathing. Parents, in particular, are understandably terrified their children will become addicted to headline-grabbing horrors including heroin and methamphetamine and crack cocaine. Alcohol and other drugs are known to be extremely hazardous to the developing brains of young people. The apprehension is endlessly fuelled by stereotypical images of dishevelled, desperate drug users roaming the streets. . . . The issue is further blurred by the arbitrary distinction between permitted and prohibited substances. This can create a false sense of security - for example, alcohol is legal, but can cause enormous damage. Beyond that, the burgeoning misuse of, and trade in, prescribed drugs, particularly pain medications and tranquilisers, is potentially overtaking illicit drug misuse as a social and health concern.This instalment of The Zone is not seeking to condone or encourage substance misuse. Rather, it seeks to encourage people to rethink their attitude to, and understanding of, drugs, so that we might as a society better deal with the problems faced by the minority of people who get into strife using substances that alter the mind and body.Today's guest is Luke O'Connor, an expert in helping those with drug and alcohol problems. He works with Youth Projects, a non-profit organisation that runs the Melbourne Drug and Health Alliance, a network of mental health, drug and alcohol and primary healthcare organisations. . . . read full article here"


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Riley Regan - advocate for alcoholism treatment

Riley Regan, advocate for alcoholism treatment, dies at 77 | NJ.com: "Riley Regan was a champion and a pioneer for thousands of recovering alcoholics and drug addicts. During the 1980s, when the federal "war on drugs" helped fuel stigmas against substance abusers, Regan — a recovering alcoholic and drug addict — gave a clarion voice to addicts, advocating for treatment over incarceration. Decades later, the movement Riley fostered in New Jersey has taken hold throughout the nation. Regan, the founding director of the New Jersey Division of Alcoholism, died of liver cancer Friday in his Cranford home. He was 77. "He had the ability to reach into people and get them to connect to what he came to New Jersey for — to set up systems so wherever someone was addicted or an alcoholic presented themselves there was a hand to reach out to them," said Tom Graham, Regan’s best friend and former deputy director of the division. Known for his humility and ability to humanize those devastated by addiction, Regan was instrumental in implementing the Alcoholism Treatment and Rehabilitation Act, which decriminalized public drunkenness and established a statewide system for alcoholism treatment and prevention. "Riley was a passionate advocate for those struggling to overcome substance abuse. His monument is all those who he helped back to useful lives," said former Gov. Thomas Kean, one of four governors under whom Regan served . . . " 


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Fight infant drug addiction epidemic without criminalizing mothers

TN fights infant drug addiction epidemic without criminalizing mothers
The Tennessean
In this file photo, a baby is cared for at Baptist Hospital in Nashville. In Tennessee a 'Children's Cabinet' has devised a strategy to better address the rising epidemic of babies born with addictions. / File / The Tennessean ...

Joy Behar Compares Religion To Drug Addiction
NewsBusters (blog)
This occurred during a discussion on her appropriately named Say Anything show about Angus T. Jones's plea that folks not watch the "filth" on his hit program Two and a Half Men (video follows with transcript and commentary): ...

Jenelle Evans Needs To Stop Smoking Pot And Worry About Her Son
Hollywood Life
It's clear that Jenelle has a lot of love for her son, and she wants the best for him — she tweets cute pics and updates of their time together all the time — she just needs to keep focusing on her mental health and deal with her obvious addiction to ...

Brain area's possible role in drug addiction revealed
Zee News
Brain area's possible role in drug addiction revealed Washington: Substance abuse researchers have concluded that an area of the brain called the orbitofrontal cortex is responsible for decisions made on the spur of the moment, but not those made based...

Zee News

Obamacare Provides Significant Reform On Substance Abuse Treatment
Highbrow Magazine
Drug addiction and substance abuse have become increasingly significant issues in North America . In certain situations, this is even considered to be an epidemic. The American Psychological Association maintains that for a person to have an addiction,...

Highbrow Magazine

Drug Addicted Military Vets Illustrate Failure of War on Drugs
Deadline Detroit
The Detroit News highlights how a network of courts, including one in Detroit's 36th District Court, are steering drug- and alcohol-addicted military vets back to sober and productive lives. According to statistics provided by ... But the court network ...

Deadline Detroit

DUI suspect was drug addiction counselor | SF Bay Area News ...
A woman suspected of driving under the influence when she hit a pedestrian and drove with the dying man on her hood for more than two miles had worked as a ...

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Drug felons turn their lives around by graduating from rehab program

Drug felons turn their lives around by graduating from rehab program
Chicago Sun-Times
For over two decades, Timothy Gulley was afraid to face his family because he was embarrassed about his drug addiction. The Far South Side man also stole things from his mother's house and had a tendency to leave the door unlocked, his relatives said.

Our view: McHenry County Drug Court a big success
Northwest Herald
While drug addiction is a lifelong struggle, a one-year sober anniversary for an addict is a milestone of significance. Today marks a milestone in the local battle against drug addiction as McHenry County's Drug Court completes its first year in ...

ARS and Pacific Clinics Drug Abuse and Addiction Forum Offers Facts and Hope
Asbarez Armenian News
GLENDALE—The Substance Abuse and Drug Addiction community forum held on Wednesday, November 28 marked the first in a series of four forums organized in partnership between the Armenian Relief Society (ARS) of Western USA and the Pacific ...

Asbarez Armenian News

Portugal cracks down on legal highs
Perth Now
But the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) is finding that synthetic drug makers switch the chemical make-up of their products as each new substance is outlawed. In Lisbon, a dozen smartshops are scattered around the ...

Sandy Annabi, addicted to Xanax, to seek drug treatment in prison
Newsday (subscription)
Former Yonkers City Councilwoman Sandy Annabi has developed a drug addictionand will need treatment when she heads to prison on her bribery conviction, Newsday has learned. Annabi, 42, a former two-term Democratic city council member, was ...

Newsday (subscription)

Is "nature's speedball" the latest South Florida drug craze?
Sun-Sentinel
However, it is marketed on the Internet as 'alternative medicine' for use as a pain killer, medicine for diarrhea, and other ailments and for the treatment of opiate addiction," says the DEA's drug fact sheet on Kratom. Very little is known about the ...

Sandy Annabi drug treatment 'attempt to game the system,' feds say
Newsday (subscription)
Federal prosecutors say that former Yonkers City Councilwoman Sandy Annabi's drug addiction, disclosed in advance of her sentencing, may be an attempt to shave time off her six-year prison sentence. In a report compiled by the U.S. Department of ...

Newsday (subscription)

Meeting to target drug awareness
Tribune-Review
During more than a decade as Armstrong County District Attorney, Andreassi has seen the reach of substance abuse extend farther from Pittsburgh to become a part of life in and around Kittanning. “At one time, the drug 'business' targeted large urban ...

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From drug addiction to helping people

From drug addiction to helping people, man credits Frederick Rescue Mission - The Frederick News-Post Online: "“When you reach out for that next grip, you have to let go of where you are,” Flynn said in a recent interview at FirstCare Nursing Services in Frederick. “But to get to the next place, you have to let go of the step you are on.” Once shackled by addictions to drugs, alcohol and tobacco, Flynn is now marketing manager for First-Care. He is also a certified medical technician and certified assisted living center administrator. He credits the turnaround in his life to family, friends and the Frederick Rescue Mission . . . "

Research identifies a way to block memories associated with PTSD or drug ...
Medical Xpress
New research from Western University could lead to better treatments for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and drug addiction by effectively blocking memories. The research performed by Nicole Lauzon, a PhD candidate in the laboratory of Steven ...

Treating addiction as a public health issue, not a crime
Houston Chronicle (blog)
Third, the abuse of legal drugs suggests an important “exit” to the war on drugs — in other words, viewing the problem of drug addiction as a public health problem and not as a criminal issue. Clearly, individuals who abuse drugs require not prison or ...

Houston Chronicle (blog)

Big city drugs are here
Ehextra
Herren went on to star at Boston College and Fresno State University, despite failing drug tests for marijuana and cocaine at both schools. He was drafted 33rd overall in the 1999 NBA Draft by the Denver Nuggets, despite the Nuggets' fear of his ...

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No Compromise On Drug-related Activities: Sabah CP
Bernama
TAWAU, Dec 5 (Bernama) -- Sabah commissioner of police, Datuk Hamza Taib said state police would not compromise on any activities related to drug abuse including trafficking and addiction. "We will continue our vigilance at all entry points into the ...

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The secret world of healthcare drug addiction

Guest Post: The secret world of healthcare drug addiction
Albany Times Union (blog)
The author has been an active member of the health care community for over 20 years ...physicians and nurses are held to the highest standards of medical ethics, it imposes an even greater amount of duplicity in order to keep the abuse hidden or worse, in denial. But what should you do if you suspect that a physician you work for or a fellow nurse is using illicit drugs or abusing prescription meds? . . .

Speakers Provide Personal, Powerful Stories of Drug Addiction
Patch.com
The Shawsheen Technical High School graduate spoke about her journey from drug addiction to detox and eventually where she is now – two years sober and hoping her story will help families avoid the same fate. She uses her experiences to work with ...

Bath Salts In Portugal Cracked Down On By Government
Huffington Post
The country introduced legislation in 2001 that decriminalised drugs use across the board, a move that health experts credit in part for the decline in drug addiction. Users are now forced to appear in front of special addiction panels rather than a ...

Exploring Alcoholism Drug's Potential Against Brain Tumors
Genetic Engineering News
The Ben and Catherine Ivy Center for Advanced Brain Tumor Treatment at Swedish Medical Center will receive a $2.5 million grant from the Ben & Catherine Ivy Foundation—the second grant in three years awarded to the Ivy Center by the foundation.

Benjamin Presides as Four Graduate Drug Court
Wheeling Intelligencer
Kicking a drug addiction is not easy, but for the four people who stood before West Virginia Supreme Court Justice Brent Benjamin Wednesday, the rewards are great. Marshall County Circuit Judge David Hummel introduced Benjamin as always supportive of ...

Wheeling Intelligencer

GUEST OPINION: Legalizing marijuana has a heavy cost
Packet Online
GUEST OPINION: Legalizing marijuana has a heavy cost. DATE POSTED: Thursday, November 29, 2012 6:57 PM EST. By Barbara Sprechman, Mercer Council on Alcoholism & Drug Addiction. MORE NEWS IN THIS SECTION. Citizens group responds to ...

Pete Townshend traces drug abuse, alcohol addiction, infidelity in new biography
Vancouver Sun
TORONTO - Legendary Who guitarist Pete Townshend has weathered drug abuse, alcoholaddiction, infidelity, near-deafening rock 'n' roll assaults to his ears and, of course, those infamous child pornography charges. Townshend discusses these trials ...

Painkiller addiction sweeping the US
The Hindu
The more pills handed out, the more cases of addiction; the more cases of addiction, the more illegal street trafficking of the drugs; the more illegal street trafficking, the more snorting and injecting of the crushed pills; the more snorting and ...

The Hindu

From drug addiction to helping people, man credits Frederick Rescue Mission
Frederick News Post (subscription)
Editor's note: The Frederick News-Post is partnering with four county nonprofit agencies this holiday season to raise funds for programs that aim to change lives. Throughout this “Season of Hope” we will offer stories about people who have been helped ...

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Reader Letters | Drug addiction | The Courier-Journal | courier ...
In the ongoing discussion regarding House Bill 1, a glaring topic is frequently being overlooked.

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Pete Doherty speaks out about his life in Paris and his battle to beat his drug addiction

Pete Doherty speaks out about his life in Paris and his battle to beat his ...
Daily Mail
But four years on Pete Doherty is still gripped with addiction but says that staying in the French capital shows he is trying because the quality of the drugs are so bad. In an interview with The Guardian Pete said: 'Being in Paris is me making a ...

Daily Mail

Women's Group Urges Nana Addo To Commit To Fight Drugs
Peace FM Online
A group calling itself the Coalition of Women against Drugs Addiction (COWAD) is calling on the flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to make a bold pronouncement on his commitment to fight narcotic drug trade. According to COWAD, Nana Addo ...

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Experts Say Synthetic Drug Use Popular in Midwest
1011now
"We know that people with addiction struggle, families with addiction struggle right along with the addict and it effects a lot of people in the community," said Holmes. Holmes is Executive Director of the Central Nebraska Council on Alcoholism and ...

Heroin makes way for new drugs
The Slovak Spectator
“Europe is faced with an increasingly complex stimulant market, in which consumers are confronted with a wide variety of powders and pills,” the Lisbon-based EU drugs agency European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) wrote in ...

Drug Addiction | Seek Help | Solutions Recovery
Face Your Drug Addiction Honestly and Seek Help. Q: You had a letter recently from someone who got addicted to painkillers after his back surgery. Well, I've ...

Drug addiction rates Vs. spending : Drugs
Ugh theres no context behind the graph. Moreover this has been posted already. Someone care to explain how this doesn't add up? Just because you see a ...

Drug addiction, mental affliction: Richfield school embraces the link ...
Federal legislation, the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Act, passed in 2008 to address the gap in treatment, requires insurers to cover chemical dependence ...

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Test your IQ: Drug use and addiction

Test your IQ: Drug use and addiction
KNDO/KNDU
Drug addiction and abuse is a serious problem in America. Some people believe addiction is all about will power. However, much research has shown that addiction is a brain disease. Early experimentation with illicit drugs, nicotine and alcohol may be ...

My gambling addiction epiphany
Salon
The disease model of addiction is so widely accepted, it has become dogma. DrugCzar Gil Kerlikowske, director of the US Office of National Drug Control Policy, recently delivered a speech at the Betty Ford Center, in which he argued that drug ...

Salon

Drug addiction: "You can only help if the person wants to be helped ...
Would you consider sources that do not specifically mention 'drug addition' but any addiction in general? – Colin D yesterday. Thanks for asking. No I would not. . . .

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Prescription Drug Addiction Now An Epidemic

Prescription Drug Addiction is truly a problem "out of control" as it involves (and is often caused) by health care practitioners--doctors, pharmacists, pharmaceutical companies, etc.--

Prescription Drug Addiction Is Now An Epidemic"Drug abuse was recently referred to as an "epidemic" in a newspaper article by a Nebraska State Patrol investigator. "Clinically, it's a very common problem," added Aly Hassan, M.D., assistant professor of psychiatry in the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine. The '90s were considered to be the decade of treatment of pain, the Dr. explained. Not only was there a change in medication, but there was also a change in policy. "An important aspect of that was to consider pain as the fifth vital sign," he said. . . . In 2012, Dr. Hassan pointed out that several of these drugs have similar characteristics to other addictive drugs:absorb quickly; the half-like of the medicine staying in your system goes very fast. "The opiates are very addictive for that reason," Dr. Hassan said, because it makes a person want to take another one. This puts clinicians in a bad situation because it is their job to prescribe these potentially addictive drugs. "This is beyond the level of an individual practitioner," Dr. Hassan said. "This is really a state problem or even a national problem.""

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Amy Winehouse's father says David Cameron is losing the drugs war

Amy Winehouse's father says David Cameron is losing the drugs war
Telegraph.co.uk
“Frankly, the Government isn't doing enough to help people with drug addiction,” he says at the Amy Winehouse Foundation Ball, at the Dorchester hotel in London. “What we've got to do is change the way people think in this country, including the ...

Telegraph.co.uk

Chris Nilan had the fight of his life after playing professional hockey: drug ...
Boston.com
Nilan also went to see an addiction specialist in Hawaii recommended by his girlfriend, Jamie Holtz, executive assistant of the The Knuckles Group. “I was embarrassed and ashamed to ... You don't take the drug, the drug takes you.” But this is not a ...

Doctors steering clear of addicts
The Age
Drug policy agencies say the shortage has become so severe they are urging the federal government to list ''drug addiction'' as a specific item for the Medicare rebate, warning that the complexity of the problem and time needed meant doctors were ...

The Age

Help is available for those with substance use disorders
Daily Comet
Many individuals find success with 12-step programs such as Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous. For help, contact your family physician, the Alcohol and Drug Addiction Resource Center at 1-800-390-4056, or for referral information to local ...

Australian Study on Videogame Addiction Finds Evidence of a Phenomenon ...
AusGamers
A PhD student at the Australian National University has reportedly documented some of the first scientific evidence that video game addiction has a fundamental affect on the attention system of sufferers, a phenomenon seen in heroin, nicotine, alcohol ...

AusGamers

Mother seeks help for son's synthetic drug addiction - 13 WTHR ...
With tears streaming down her face, Sherri Belttari says she fears what her son has fallen into. She says he is hooked on pep spice, bath salts, any number of ...


Thankful for drug addiction recovery

Lancaster man thankful for drug addiction recovery - abc27 WHTM
By Mark Hall
Randy walked through the doors of the Water Street Ministries hooked on heroin and cocaine, but the rehabilitation program helped him become clean and sober for the past eighteen months. . . .

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Do you think people ever really change? They say everyday you wake you have been changed from the tormenting trauma and desires and unavoidable ...

With prescription drug abuse worsening throughout the country, officials in several states are working aggressively to raise awareness of the problem and ...


Mother's Battle With Prescription Drug Addiction (video)


Mother's Battle With Prescription Drug Addiction, Doctor says no to abusers
YouTube
The battle against prescription drug abuse is one that is not only being waged by those fighting their addictions but also by doctors, healthcare organizations and law enforcement. Illegal use of prescription drugs has increased so much that, this year ...

Wendy Williams Recalls Her Past Drug Addiction And Compares It ...
Talk show host Wendy Wiliams has spoke on her past drug addiction a while back but had more details on how what and why in her statement recently released ...
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Thankful People: Freedom from drug addiction through Teen Challenge ministry
Southeast Missourian
EDITOR'S NOTE: Thankful People is a group of stories put together every Thanksgiving by the Southeast Missourian that focus on local people who have special reasons to be thankful. Jason Stricklin is thankful for a second chance. After the Arkansas ...

Southeast Missourian

Accused Attorney Blames Drug Addiction

Accused Attorney Blames Drug Addiction for Thievery
NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
Kendra Lyn, NBC 5 News. A disbarred Dallas County personal injury attorney accused of stealing from his clients now blames drug addiction for his problems. Accused Attorney Blames Drug Addiction for... Link; Embed; Email. Copy. Close. Link to this ...

Sports star Chris Herren shares his story of drug addiction
Trumbull Times
Chris Herren is hardly the first basketball star to pack the gymnasium at St. Joseph High School. But he is likely the first to captivate the entire student body, holding the group utterly silent while he spoke for 90 minutes. Herren, former pro ...

Ease the pain
Oklahoma Gazette
Dr. Hal Vorse, medical director of A Chance to Change Foundation, an alcoholism anddrug addiction treatment center, said you don't have to look far to find “those people.” “Go to a mall on a Saturday afternoon and watch people walk by — that's our ...

Oklahoma Gazette

Pictures taken 'to overcome drug addiction stereotypes'
Radio 1
Before-and-after drug shot Former photography student Roman Sakovich has released a set of before-and-after pictures showing how people might look after becoming addicted to crystal meth. The photos were shot in a studio with the subjects' faces split...

Radio 1

Steve-O Talks Drug Addiction, Hallucinations & Life As A 'Semi ...
By The Huffington Post News Editors
Former "Jackass" star Steve-O stopped by HuffPost Live and opened up beating his inner demons, and how life as a "semi-famous drug-addicted male slut" inspires his comedy routine. The 38-year-old revealed that before he got sober in ...
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Man overcomes drug addiction, reclaims $10 mn fortune - Yahoo ...
'Man overcomes drug addiction, reclaims $10 mn fortune' on Yahoo! News Maktoob. London, Nov 19 (IANS) A 56−year−old Briton, having been deprived of a ...

ASAPNYS Opens Up About The Challenges in Drug Addiction in an Exclusive ...
TestCountry.com (blog)
A good example of such collaborative effort is the Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Providers of New York State (ASAPNYS) whose leadership on critical issues facingaddiction service providers has been widely recognized. Since 1996, ASAPNYS ... Mr...

TestCountry.com (blog)

Wendy Williams Opens Up About Drug Addiction | Bossip
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Wendy Williams Opens Up About Drug Addiction Daytime talk show host Wendy Williams has made no secret of her past struggle with drugs, and it was the tragic death of Whitney Houston that prompted her to talk about her addiction....
Bossip

Steve-O Talks Drug Addiction, Hallucinations & Life As A 'Semi ...
Former "Jackass" star Steve-O stopped by HuffPost Live and opened up beating his inner demons, and how life as a "semi-famous drug-addicted male slut" ...

DR. JOSEPH SHRAND: Drug addiction is not a moral failing ...
There is an unfortunate tradition of being angry and disgusted at people who are addicted to heroin. I work with kids who are using heroin, alcohol, marijuana ...

Olympic diver admits to drug addiction - YouTube
Olympic diver Matthew Mitcham has admitted to drug use in the lead up to the London games ...


Son's rejection rescues dad from drug addiction

Back from hell - Son's rejection rescues dad from drugs addiction
Jamaica Gleaner
Franklin Sinclair came from a "fairly good home" and went to "a good school" but none of that shielded him from the throes of drug addiction and an intense five-year period which saw his descent into drug-abuse hell. His darkness began with the death ...

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Maine doctors requiring random drug tests before writing prescriptions for ...
Bangor Daily News
In an effort to combat Maine's high rate of prescription drug addiction, doctors are asking patients to sign a controlled-substances agreement that, in part, allows the doctor to ask for a blood or urine sample at any time to ensure patients are taking ...

MCPF calls for more effective efforts to fight drug addiction
The Borneo Post
SIBU: The Malaysian Crime Prevention Foundation (MCPF) calls for more effective efforts to fightdrug addiction through treatment and rehabilitation, education and prevention. MCPF vice-chairman Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye in making the call yesterday, said ...

Kristen Tabbert Rogers' benefit to help aid drug addiction
WXOW.com
LA CROSSE, Wis. (WXOW) - To celebrate Kristen Tabbert Rogers' life, family and friends hosted a benefit in her honor Saturday. A raffle, bake sale, games and an auction all helped raise money for the Kristen Tabbert Hope Fund. Proceeds will be used to ...

METH MAYHEM: Drug use growing in San Angelo
San Angelo Standard Times
SAN ANGELO, Texas — A few months ago, John Wilmouth assigned a probation officer to work with the district court because of increasing drug addiction in San Angelo. The officer assists 340th District Judge Jay Weatherby with Child Protective Services ...

Expert doubts value of work drug tests
Adelaide Now
The deputy director of the National Centre for Education and Training on Addiction (NCETA) at Flinders University, Ken Pidd, says drug-testing in the workplace is just an easy "tick-a-box" response to the problem. Dr Pidd is to present his finding on ...

We're losing the war on drugs
phillyBurbs.com
Today, I read a letter to the editor from Daniel Meara, the public information manager for the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence. Well, I would like some information from him. How have the attempts to make painkillers "not so readily ...

Area treatment centers agree on painkiller addiction problem, differ in treatments
Waco Tribune-Herald
The company that put up the billboards, Brentwood Clinic of Waco, isn't a traditional substance abuse center where people go through detoxification to immediately get off drugs. Instead, the clinic helps transition people off illegal drugs by giving ...

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Drug addiction is not a moral failing

DR. JOSEPH SHRAND: Drug addiction is not a moral failing
The Patriot Ledger
Seeing addiction as a moral failing, these folks become outraged that our government spends their tax dollars on treating people who knew from the start they were using an addictive drug, in essence telling them they were on their own and we should not ...

Gold Medallist Mitcham Admits To Severe Drug Addiction
Crave Online
Despite the admission of drug addiction, Mitcham is free to compete on future Australian Olympic teams. In Twists and Turns Mitcham describes his dependence on the drug which stemmed from issues of low self-esteem, anxiety, depression, and panic ...

Pills prove a prescription for addiction
Great Lakes Advocate
She says her short time on oxycodone introduced her to the intense pull of addiction. She can see how some get lost forever. ''I'm so glad I got into that program because if I didn't, I would still be taking those drugs and wouldn't have a life,'' she ...

Pain medication addiction reaching epidemic level
Hamburg Reporter
But, Dr. Hassan noted in 2012, the makeup of many of these drugs are compatible with addiction in that they absorb very fast, and the half-life of the medicine staying in your system goes very fast. And then you want another. “The opiates are very ...

Call for drug tests to trap patient dealers
Stock and Land
Leading pain and addiction medicine experts say there is increasing evidence of doctors being scammed for large doses of prescription drugs, particularly addictive opioids such as OxyContin. While addicts ''doctor shopping'' for prescriptions is well ...

Mitcham reveals drug addiction
Fox Sports
Matthew Mitcham ... reveals his battle with drug addiction in his new book. Source: Lindsay Moller / News Limited. Beijing gold medallist Matthew Mitcham has revealed he battled a methamphetamineaddiction in 2011 that almost ended his career and ...

Grafton: In prison, man haunted by meth addiction
WKYC-TV
GRAFTON -- Lynwood Andrick is not looking for sympathy. He simply wants to caution others about the perils of meth use. Andrick, a 40-year-old father and husband, is fighting to overcome his meth addiction every day. He first tried the powerful drug in...

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Addiction among doctors rises
Irish Times
Alcohol and drug addiction is on the increase among doctors, with more than 70 per cent who attended a Medical Council health committee suffering addiction problems, a Medical Council annual conference was told yesterday. Dr Richard Brennan, chairman ...

Matthew Mitcham cleared to continue diving for Australia despite admitting ...
Herald Sun
BEIJING gold medallist Matthew Mitcham will not be excluded from the 2016 Australian Olympic team despite confessing to a crystal meth addiction, a drug that features as a "stimulant" on the WADA banned list. Less than 24 hours after the Australian ...

Study surveys world of drugs
Sydney Morning Herald
Results of the survey have been published in BMJ, The Lancet and Addiction and have helped produce a project called the drugs meter, where people can find out how their drug use compares with others. You can take part in the global drug survey over the ...

Diver Matthew Mitcham opens up about drug addiction ...
AUSTRALIAN 10-metre platform diver Matt Mitcham says he battled a methamphetamine addiction in 2011 that almost derailed his career and his life, but the 2008 Beijing gold medallist will be free to compete on future Australian Olympic ...
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Mitcham opens up over drug addiction

Mitcham opens up over drug addiction
Brisbane Times
Beijing gold medallist Matthew Mitcham has revealed he battled a methamphetamine addiction in 2011 that almost ended his career and destroyed his life. The Australian 10-metre platform diver who was one of the stars of the 2008 Games, failed to make ...

NIH Backs Off Plan to Merge Addiction Institutes
Science Now
Collins announced 2 years ago that NIH planned to follow an advisory board's recommendation to combine the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA). His decision divided the research ...

'In the House' Star Maia Campbell Talks About Her Drug Addiction (VIDEO)
Huffington Post
After years of battling her addiction to crystal meth, former child star Maia Campbell is learning it only takes two words to start mending the rifts in her family: "I'm sorry." On the November 17 episode of "Iyanla: Fix My Life," relationship expert ...

Cocaine, heroin consumption fall in EU
Fox News
This is the general panorama presented by the European Monitoring Center for Drugs and Drug Addiction, or EMCDDA, in its annual report for 2012, which was released Thursday in Lisbon. The study, prepared with national statistics from 2010 provided by ...

Deadly Addiction: Two Men on Drugs, An Innocent Girl & A Community in Shock
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WXOW News 19 La Crosse, WI – News, Weather and Sports |Deadly Addiction: Two Men onDrugs, An Innocent Girl & A Community in Shock....

Deaf-mute kids join hands, spread message against drug abuse
Indian Express
Silently spreading a message of having a peaceful world free from drug abuse, deaf and mute children from an institution in Ropar made a human chain and displayed posters to eradicate drugabuse and addiction in Chandigarh on Friday. The event ...

Eddie Money on drug addiction and show business
Marketplace.org
When it comes to show business, such stories seem all too familiar. "You think you are invulnerable...you chase that euphoric feeling," says Eddie Money, who battled his own drug addiction in the 1970's and 80s. With fame comes access to drugs and ...

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AFGHANISTAN: Taliban Crippled By Heroin Addiction
Strategy Page
A more successful Taliban weapon, often used in the service of the drug gangs, is their death squads that will kill leaders and others who oppose the Taliban or the heroin business. These attacks extend to Afghans who work for NATO or government ...

End the War on Drugs
The Nation. (blog)
As filmaker Eugene Jarecki notes in The Nation, over forty years of prosecuting the "war on drugs" has cost a trillion dollars and accounted for 45 million drug arrests. Yet, for all that, America has nothing to show but a legacy of failure and ...

Mitcham opens up over drug addiction - News - BigPond Sport
Beijing gold medallist Matthew Mitcham has revealed he battled a methamphetamine addiction in 2011.
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Drug addiction is all over world? - Yahoo! Answers
I'm from Korea. I thought that drug problem is only in America. But now I doubt ... Hahaha are you retarded? There's drugs everywhere!!!

Synthetic drug-use in Europe at all-time high

Synthetic drug-use in Europe at all-time high: agency
New York Daily News
While cocaine and cannabis remain the most popular illicit drugs, new synthetic substances are being detected at a rate of about one a week -- a fast-rising trend, according to the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction(EMCDDA).

New York Daily News

Trey Anastasio Opens Up About Past Drug Addiction
RollingStone.com
In the new issue of Rolling Stone, Trey Anastasio opens up about the drug and alcohol addiction that brought him to a low point shortly before Phish called it quits in 2004. "I'd let everyone down, which was my worst nightmare ever," Antastasio tells ...

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Is There Big Value In Addiction Fighting Pharmas?
Trefis
There are other drugs that have been used for other purposes that are now used in treatments for addictions from dependencies such as smoking cessation and alcohol addiction. .... Dr. Mark Willenbring, director of the Division of Treatment & Recovery ...

Global drug survey to rank Australian use
Sydney Morning Herald
Fairfax Media is partnering with the Global Drugs Survey, created by Adam Winstock, a Consultant Addiction Psychiatrist and researcher based in London, to help create the largest and most up-to-date snapshot of drug and alcohol use in Australia, and ...
 
Sydney Morning Herald

Club drug addiction on the rise, experts warn
Metro
A survey of drug use has shown more and more people are taking the party drugs at home and in pubs. While overall drug use has declined in England, new data shows 6,468 were treated for addiction to drugs such as ecstasy and GHB last year – up from ...

Metro

Hinsdale District 86 officials: drug use an “epidemic” that can't be ignored
The Doings Oak Brook
Berlin was speaking about drug abuse, and specifically heroin addiction, to about 100 people who attended a parent education forum Nov. 7, hosted by Hinsdale High School District 86 at Hinsdale South High School. Other speakers included parents of drug ...

Manotick dealing with rising Fentanyl addiction among teens
CBC.ca
Dozens of parents concerned about the increasingly popular use of the drug Fentanyl among teens in Manotick showed up at a public meeting Wednesday night. The prescription painkiller, a synthetic opiate, is being taken recreationally in Manotick and in ...

CBC.ca

'Addiction Was Part of Her Life'
Daily Beast
But the woman with a fierce, stubborn streak spent much of her life fighting off personal demons, including drug addiction, troubles with the law, and bouts of poverty. “Addiction was a part of her life,” said Donto James, speaking exclusively to The ...

Daily Beast

Maia Campbell talks drug addiction | S2Smagazine.com
Life coach Iyanla Vanzant tries to help former child actress Maia Campbell accept responsibility for her past and face the future. In the '90s, Maia's acting career ...

Prescription Drug Addiction - Hometownstations.com-WLIO- Lima ...
Is somebody you know abusing prescription pills? Healthcare professionals came together at OSU Lima to learn more about the problem of prescription and ...

Wonder and Worry: Can I Save My Daughters From Drug Addiction ...
As a parent in recovery, I look at my children's faces every day and I wonder and worry. I wonder, with everything I know and everything I've learned, will I be ...

Operation OpioidSAFE Rescues Wounded Soldiers From - TheStreet
Researchers and Physicians Team Up to Develop Program with Practical, Time Tested Solutions in Fort Bragg, NC.

Stephanie Bongiovi's drug incident deeply upsetting, says addiction expert
Monsters and Critics.com
Police found Stephanie unresponsive after it was reported she had taken the drug. When medical personnel arrived on the scene, they found Bongiovi was still alive. A search of her room uncovered a “small quantity” of heroin as well as marijuana and ...





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