Prescription drug addiction takes heavy toll

Prescription drug addiction takes heavy toll
Seacoastonline.com
Last year, 164 people died due to prescription drug abuse in New Hampshire, nearly twice as many as those who died in car accidents, and many of the deaths were concentrated in the Seacoast, according to advocates. Drug Enforcement Administration ...

Woman blames drug addiction for credit card theft spree
Daily Mail - Charleston
Her attorney, Brian Escue, told the judge that Nichols had tried to beat her addiction but doctors continued to give her prescription medications, foiling her efforts to kick drugs. He said Nichols was on home confinement when she had a motorcycle ...

Actor Johnny Lewis acted out under drug influence, addiction expert doctor ...
Monsters and Critics.com
Reportedly Lewis' landlady, Catherine Davis, was bludgeoned to death before he fell to his own death. Multiple sources - including TMZ and the Los Angeles Times - report he was released from jail less than a week before police say he fatally attacked ...

Punjab battles heroin addiction
AFP
The prosperous northern Indian state of Punjab is in the grip of a worsening drug abuse crisis. It's estimated more than half of all rural households are home to at least one drug addict, a problem most acute along the border with Pakistan.Duration: 02 ...

SPAN bridges the challenge of drug abuse awareness in Dover, Sherborn
Wicked Local
Madden was genuinely concerned about underage drinking and drug use. She said, “Everyone knows people who have struggled with alcoholism or addiction, and for most people that starts when they are young. The new science about addiction and the ...

Former NBA star Herren tells of fight with addiction
Berkshire Eagle
day that the coach would pull me aside and tell me I needed a drug test," Herren told the engaged crowd. Every time Herren bounced back, his addiction kicked in. When playing college basketball in Fresno, Calif., he called up a dealer and did some ...

State disciplines addiction doc for abusing drugs
Syracuse.com
During probation Beals must remain active in self-help groups such as Narcotics Anonymous andAlcoholics Anonymous. He also must be monitored by a sobriety monitor, a practice supervisor and a therapist, and submit to unannounced drug tests.

Handful of Biased Journalists Threaten Treatment Industry's Good Work Says ...
The Herald | HeraldOnline.com
... Executive Officer of CRC Health Group, the nation's largest provider of behavioral health andaddiction treatment services, issued the following statement today, portions of which are in an oped in the October 1 issue of Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly.

Prescription drug roundup offered Saturday
Nevada Appeal
But a prescribed narcotic could lead to addiction, and when the drugs from the medicine cabinet are gone the addicted person looks for similar drugs or substitutes. The Investigation Division says that could result in heroin use since heroin can be ...

Overcoming addiction : A woman's tale
E-Pao.net
Imphal, September 27 2012: If you think it is not possible for woman drug users and a commercial sex workers to return to the mainstream and lead a normal life, you need to think twice or maybe thrice. The collective efforts of family, NGOs and firm ...

Drug Addiction | Changed Meaning | Solutions Recovery
The Meaning of Addiction Has Changed. Writing as editor of MedPage Today, the redoubtable George Lundberg* confidently (and briefly) declared: “All drugs ...
solutions-recovery.com/.../drug-addiction-changed-meaning

Freehold Township Recognizes Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery
The Freehold Township Committee has recognized the importance of helping those suffering with alcohol and drug addiction by dedicating an entire month to ...
www.rehabilitationtreatmentcenters.com/freehold-township-re...

Spotting the Signs of Drug Abuse

Spotting the Signs of Drug Abuse
National Geographic
As clinical director at a relatively well-known Arizona drug rehab program and alcohol rehab I get asked for advice about drug addiction and alcoholism from both clients and friends with regularity. ... Al-Anon is the sister fellowship to Alcoholics ...

National Geographic

Drug addiction visible in Bangor, recovery has hidden face
Bangor Daily News
Bruce Campbell, clinical director of Wellspring, beats on a bucket during a drumming circle to introduce the Bangor Area Recovery Network's fifth annual summit on addiction recovery at the Brewer Auditorium on Wednesday morning, Sept. 26, 2012. The ...

CPU to strive for increased funding of fight against drug addiction ...
Interfax
The system of treatment and prevention of alcoholism and drug addiction, which existed in the Soviet Union, has practically been destroyed, according to Spirina. She added that treatment of drugaddicts and alcoholics requires long time and the ...

Heroin addiction soars in Maine as treatment cuts take effect
Kennebec Journal
Locally, the trend "is really startling," said Mark Publicker, an addiction specialist with Mercy Hospital. Injected heroin, "from the standpoint of an addict, is a better drug," than prescribed opiates, because it gets into the system quicker and is ...

Coroner slams addiction clinic's treatment of patients
ABC Online
An inquest heard 24-year-old Grace Yates, 48-year-old Michael Poole and 22-year-old James Unicomb died after they had treatment for their drug addiction at the clinic between 2005 and 2010. The treatment involved administering drugs including ...

United States Drug Report
Technorati
New reports are indicating a fall in prescription drug addiction among young people. New numbers from the United States show a 14 percent drop in prescription abuse by people 18 to 25 between 2010 and 2011. The U.S. government found that the number...

Technorati

Residents encouraged to turn in unneeded prescription drugs to help reduce ...
The Batavian
Unused and unneeded prescription pills left laying around the house or stored in a medicine cabinet are a potential stepping stone to drug addiction, area law enforcement officials warned in a press conference at the Sheriff's Office on Wednesday ...

The Batavian

Confronting reality: A&E's 'Intervention' casts light on local drug problem
Escanaba Daily Press
"Intervention," a TV series on A&E, featured an Escanaba family's intervention with their daughter regarding her addiction to bath salts, cocaine and other stimulants. According to the show, the young woman had been in jail three times in the past five ...

Push to treat addiction medically raises doubts and fears
GIMBY (blog)
Top federal addiction specialists are advocating for a greater focus on treating addiction medically, with less emphasis on talk-centered programs like Alcoholics Anonymous, the... About · Our Mission · Donate · Team GIMBY · Acknowledgements · Contact ...

Staten Island teen's addiction leads to criminal activity before he moves on ...
SILive.com
Associated PressIsaiah F., an 18-year-old from West Brighton, describes an addictionto alcohol and other drugs. (In this report, Isaiah F., an 18-year-old from West Brighton, describes how his first taste of marijuana at 13 led to a drug and alcohol ...

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DMV to ban some drunk drivers for life

DMV to ban some drunk drivers for life
Tonawanda News
Tonawanda News — New York state says it will enact regulations to ban repeat dangerous drivers from ever driving again, in a plan that, on paper, would rank among the strictest in the country. A statement issued Tuesday by Gov.

Many Lagos Drivers Are Sick, Alcoholics or Drug Addicts, Says Govt
AllAfrica.com
Ordinarily, driving on roads in Lagos State is hazardous; what with the reckless way people handle their vehicles, especially commercial drivers who are notorious for their disdain for obeying traffic rules. However, findings by the state government ...

Treating drug addiction an ongoing crusade
Oshawa Express
... been specializing in addiction counselling since 1967. Drug use in Oshawa has always been a hot topic. Treating it, not so much. Twenty years ago, the bulk of substance abuse treatment locally was dedicated towards older men, struggling with ...

Oshawa Express

A Wake Up Call On Prescription Drug Abuse Targets U.S. Teenagers
Sacramento Bee
Medical Director and Pain Management Physician, Lora Brown, M.D. "What is really frightening, is that there is no cure for addiction." "Misuse and abuse of prescription drugs knows no boundaries and requires a comprehensive response that engages all ...

Dr. Griffith Edwards, Addiction Specialist, Dies at 83
New York Times
Dr. Griffith Edwards, a psychiatrist who helped establish addiction medicine as a science, formulating definitions of drug and alcohol dependence that are used worldwide to diagnose and treat substance abuse, died on Sept. 13 in a hospice near his home ...

Barbara Kay: Addiction is a 'disease' … 
National Post
Conceived and organized by the B.C. Orchard Recovery Centre in partnership with the Drug Prevention Network of Canada (DPNC), the event will rally addiction-recovery stakeholders and supportive politicians to acknowledge the splendid work done in ...

National Post

Forum aims to help combat prescription drug addiction
Nanaimo Daily News
... families and even their lives, through drug overdose or suicide. The problem with addictive prescription drugs is about the same here as any other city, but organizers hope a direct approach will provide a new model to address prescription drug ...

Testimony of a Former Drug Addict
AllAfrica.com
Having successfully overcome his drug addiction, and completed the course, Mugisha looks forward to undertake mechanical engineering studies at Kicukiro Technical College (ETO Kicukiro). Mugisha, 24, dropped out of school in Senior Five due to drug ...

Interfax-Ukraine to host press conference 'Drug Addiction and Alcoholism in ...
Interfax
Interfax-Ukraine to host press conference 'Drug Addiction and Alcoholism in Ukraine: What's the Way Out?' On Thursday, September 27, at 12.00, the press centre of the Interfax-Ukraine News Agency will host a press conference by Doctor of Medicine, ...

Drug expert hopes research brings understanding
Press Pubs
That focus is on helping advance the understanding of drug abuse and addiction through education and public dialogue,” she said. Falkowski, age 59, first studied to become an addiction counselor. “During my counseling internship I discovered that it ...

Addiction treatment sorely lacking

Addiction treatment sorely lacking
Vancouver Sun
The four pillars contributed to a public health approach to drug addiction and enabled the creation of innovative HIV treatment and overdose prevention programs, such as the Insite supervised injecting facility. Thanks to these measures, the number of ...

The Meaning of Addiction Has Changed -- Addiction is Not a Characteristic of ...
Huffington Post
He implies that pharmaceuticals aren't addictive ("Everybody I know takes psychoactive drugs, except maybe some Mormons, Seventh-Day Adventists, and the like"), but then maybe he hasn't read I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can (tranquilizer addiction) or hasn ...

Drug Use: Group Habits and Individual Learning
PLoS Blogs (blog)
Bridging the gap between learning, habit, and reinforcement (psychological theories) and social dynamics and relations is a major problem facing a better science of addiction. During the last two weeks of my graduate class in neuroanthropology, we've ...

Prescription drug abuse back in the spotlight
Nashua Telegraph
When The Telegraph embarked on its “Rx Addiction Epidemic” series this summer, we did so to raise public awareness of prescription drug abuse in America and to initiate a conversation closer to home on what can be done about it. So we've taken great ...

New Milford Woman in Court on Charges of Theft of Nearly $50000 Worth of ...
Housatonic Times
BANTAM — Facing accusations that she had stolen nearly $50,000 in jewelry from her relatives, a New Milford woman reportedly decided to come clean — while getting clean from her own prescription drug addiction. Brittany Reynolds, 25, of 33 Glen Ridge ...

Rehab helps 130 Emiratis overcome drug addiction in 9 months
The National
Rehabilitation programmes initiated by the Dubai Police have helped 130 Emiratis overcome theirdrug addictions so far this year, with 183 more expected to "completely heal" in the near future, anti-narcotics officials said yesterday. "Cured Emiratis ...

'Treatment Works' Recovering addicts share stories of hope, survival
The Times and Democrat
Alcohol and drug addiction took two Orangeburg residents down a hard road that led to job loss, family abandonment, declining health and, ultimately, loss of dignity. But Jason and Amanda — whose last names are not being used to protect their ...

Prostitute was a drug addict at time of alleged rape
Stuff.co.nz
A prostitute who says she was raped by a threatening client has admitted in court that she was adrug addict at the time. She told of her addiction when she was being cross-examined at the trial of the client, 21-year-old Rufus Joseph, on charges of ...

Researchers: Chocolate Locks You Into Loop of Addiction, Joy, and Despair
DailyTech
A new study by University of Michigan neuroscience student Alexandra DiFeliceantonio chronicles how chocolate locks the rodent brain into a cycle of addiction, joy, and despair, much like otherdrugs. She found that during consumption of M&Ms rats ...

Drug addiction and Suicide - YouTube
Suicide is considered the eighth-dominant cause of death in the United States. Statistically, the ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnRRR_1TYvU


Treating marijuana use as a public health issue

Drug Czar Gil Kerlikowske Ignores Marijuana Evidence: "“Once again, the federal government is trying to blame attempts to reform our marijuana laws for increases in use, completely ignoring the facts that arresting people for marijuana is obviously not stopping anyone from using it and that education, not arrest, is responsible for decreases in alcohol use over the past year,” said Morgan Fox, communications manager for the Marijuana Policy Project. “If we treat marijuana as a public health issue and stop wasting resources arresting adults for using something that is demonstrably safer than alcohol, we might be able to see the same effects. It is unfortunate that the Obama administration and ONDCP Director Gil Kerlikowske adamantly refuse to consider rational policy alternatives that don’t involve criminal penalties.”"

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Project BeanSprout helps babies born with drug addiction
WBIR-TV
... mothers with drug addiction give birth to babies addicted to drugs themselves. An East Tennessee teen has made it her mission to help these babies. At East Tennessee Children's Hospital, dim lights comfort crying babies suffering from drugwithdrawal.

WBIR-TV

SOLACE support group to have town hall meeting
Lancaster Eagle Gazette
What: SOLACE of Fairfield County, "Together We Can Fight Addiction" town hall meeting. Several speakers will participate, including Orman Hall, director of Ohio Department of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services; Fairfield County Sheriff Dave Phalen ...

'Harry Potter' Author's New Book Will Be About Drug Addiction and Sexuality
Information Nigeria
J.K. Rowling has gone all the way from writing about wizards and adventures to the other end of the writing spectrum of composing a book based on heroin addiction and teen sexuality. Read more about the book below: A female character is introduced with ...

Mel Sembler, GOP's top drug policy aid, founded a rehab that “treated” 50000 ...
Salon
When the national political press writes about Republican financier Mel Sembler—a major Romney donor who formerly chaired the finance committee for the party (and the candidate himself)—it typically fails to mention his involvement in abusive ...

REEL Recovery Film Festival: 7 days of movies about addiction
Examiner.com
Each is centered on addiction. “Oxy-Morons” is an action-packed thriller that shows the horrors addiction to the opioid Oxycontin. “Ciao! Manhattan” is about Andy Warhol's muse, Edie Sedgwick. The Village Voice called this flick, “The 'Citizen Kane' of ...

Examiner.com

Former patient says methadone treatment was 'just another addiction'
Grand Forks Herald
based alcohol and drug addiction treatment center Hazelden, called the News Tribune's findings concerning, especially the lack of completed treatment. Hazelden, which offers abstinence-only treatment for opiate addiction, has about a 53 percent ...

Hollis to host forum Thursday on prescription drug abuse
Nashua Telegraph
Prescription pills like oxycontin and Percocet are becoming a drug of choice for more young people and are killing drug addicts in New Hampshire. Opioid addiction is widely recognized as one of the biggest challenges now facing health and treatment ...

2012 EMCDDA scientific paper award showcases innovative research in drugs ...
EU News
'Long-term effects of a community-based intervention: five-year follow-up of 'Clubs against Drugs'', Dr Johanna Gripenberg, PhD (Sweden). Published in Addiction, 106, 1997–2004. 'The impact of needle and syringe provision and opiate substitution ...

Local Addiction Recovery Program Announces Expansion
Eye On Annapolis
In celebration of over 40 years of service, the Samaritan House, a residential care facility for men suffering from alcohol and drug addiction, is launching a “Campus of Recovery” campaign to raise funds for expansion. The $600,000 expansion plans ...

Eye On Annapolis

Recovery Celebration held for National Alcohol and Drug Addiction ...
A recovery celebration was held in honor of National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month. Experts say the number of people in need of help in North ...
triangle.news14.com/.../recovery-celebration-held-for-national...

Employment for People in Recovery


Road to Recovery July 2012: Ready, Willing, and Able To Work: Employment for People in Recovery
For people in recovery from mental or substance use disorders, employment is often an essential part of the recovery process. Employment increases people's self-worth, stabilizes their living circumstances, and facilitates their integration with the community. Being unemployed is associated with increased rates of mental disorders and with higher rates of substance use disorders and relapse. In the current job market, employment challenges for people in recovery are greater than ever. This show will explore a range of topics related to meeting those challenges, including skills training, career building, having a "recovery job" that bridges the gap between unemployment and full employment, volunteerism as a pathway to employment, and starting a business. The show will examine the barriers and challenges faced by some people in recovery—those without a high school or college degree, those with a criminal history, and those who have been out of the workforce for a long time. Innovative approaches to addressing the employment issue will be highlighted: recovery entrepreneurship programs, employers who target hiring people in recovery, and recovery community organizations that help with skills training and job placement. 
Please visit http://www.recoverymonth.gov for more information.

Drug Addiction Impact
KIMT
These are the words of Sharon Schlingmann's daughter...Rachel. She was an All-American girl, attending RCTC hoping to become a psychologist, but Rachel had one thing stopping her, anaddiction to heroin. “It's the most wonderful high she's ever had in ...

Prescription drug abuse targeted in upstate NY
Wall Street Journal
Among the agencies involved are the FBI, Drug Enforcement Administration, the New York state police and the state Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services. They'll be outlining the effort on Monday. —Copyright 2012 Associated Press. Copyright ...

DNT investigation: Former patient says methadone treatment was 'just another ...
Duluth News Tribune
The drug, he said, was turning him into a zombie. “I was living in my parents' basement, completely depressed,” he said. “Methadone was just another addiction. It was two years of hell. You're functioning, but with that amount of drugs in your system ...

Gilbert: 'Talk to kids about drug dangers'
WXXA
Former Little House on the Prairie star is spearheading a new campaign urging parents to talk to their kids about the dangers of prescription drugs. The actress, who battled an alcohol addiction in her 30's, was appalled when she learned about the ...

Giles: Suicide is not the only way to beat addiction
Cleveland Daily Banner
Banner photo, DAVID DAVIS James Giles, left, listens as licensed professional counselor David Webb of Hiwassee Mental Health Clinic speaks Saturday morning at a drug awareness forum. Giles attempted suicide in October 2000 after 18 years of addiction.

Thousands join drug rehab courses
The Nation
Now over 508,850 people dependent on several kinds of drugs such as methamphetamine (yaba) and crystal meth (ice) have attended the programme and were able to overcome addiction. The Public Health Ministry estimates that about 1.3 million people ...

The Nation

Drug addiction and reunification - Straight Dope Message Board
Do courts favor/disfavor certain kinds of drug addicts? I'll (anecdotally) hear about people who lose their kids over meth or crack addiction, but never hear about ...
boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=665869

Hundreds celebrate National Drug Addiction Recovery Month
WALB-TV
"Addiction is a treatable disease and recovery is possible," said Recovery Celebration Coordinator Erica Graham. Hundreds came out to The Ray Charles Pavilion to celebrate National Alcohol & Drug Addiction Recovery Month. "This is clear proof that ...

Treatment for addicts is starting to change
Los Angeles Times
Several drugs to treat addictions have been approved in recent years, adding to the modest collection already in limited use, such as methadone for heroin addiction, Antabuse for alcoholismand a handful of others. To Volkow's mind, the new medications ...

Choco-craving or drug addiction? Chocolate gives same high as opium!
Daily Bhaskar
New Delhi: Chocolate has an effect on the brain similar to opium, according to a study by the University of Michigan that found amazing comparisons between obese people and drug addicts. A natural brain chemical called enkephalin — an endorphin with ...

Addiction Recovery Month observed
SalemNews.net
September is National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month in Ohio and across the country. Now in its 23nd year, ... Alcoholics entering treatment can have up to a 49 percent chance of recovery in the first year of seeking help. Seeking help is ...

Experts Push New Treatment for Addicts: Medication
Newser
(Newser) – Decades of 12-step programs have set the standard for addiction treatment, but now doctors and scientists are trying to give drug and alcohol addicts another option: medication. With some federal support, these experts are adding to drugs ...

Operation Medicine Cabinet; Cleveland-area drug take back day
NewsNet5.com
Addiction to opiate-based pain pills such as Codeine, Oxycontin, Vicodin, and Percocet has led to a massive increase in heroin addiction,” warned Nancy Pommerening, the director of Drug Awareness and Prevention Inc. “Heroin is the cheaper, street-drug ...

NewsNet5.com

Salvation Army honors 8 who beat drugs
Appeal-Democrat
Quickly facing a 61⁄2-year prison sentence for stealing to feed her addiction, she was grateful to be offered drug court and a residential program at the Salvation Army instead. Today, she still has ups and downs, but she's trying as best she can to ...

Prescription pain pill epidemic plows path to street drugs
StarNewsOnline.com
Easy access to heroin has resulted in an influx of patients at drug local counseling clinics. The state has followed a similar trend. In 2011, 2,081 people were admitted to treatment as a result of heroinaddiction, the highest number since at least ...

Food, drug addiction may have a lot more in common than you think ...
Food, drug addiction may have a lot more in common than you think - The notion that food can be addictive has been debated for some time and largely rejected ...
www.indianexpress.com/news/food-drug.../1006091/

Families Are the Frontline: Preventing, Treating, and Recovering From Substance Use and Mental Disorders


Road to Recovery June 2012: Families Are the Frontline: Preventing, Treating, and Recovering From Substance Use and Mental Disorders

Edgy play about addiction part of HH's modern approach to drug education
phillyBurbs.com
Entrance to the event is free, and will portray the mental and physical battles that challenge drugaddicts daily, their consequences and how their decisions affect those around them. This 70-minute realistic story of addiction is presented by the ...

Drug and Alcohol Problems in the Military
Technorati
As well as an alcohol problem, both militaries are struggling with a growing drug addiction. In the US Military, illicit and prescription drug abuse are low but medication misuse rose at an average 1.8% per-year between 2002 and 2008. In the UK over ...

Technorati

Your Brain on Chocolate
Genetic Engineering News
Cravings for chocolate reflect something more than a desire for comfort—namely an addiction triggered by a brain chemical, according to newly-published research. The result is irresistibility to chocolate that is comparable to a drug addiction. Surges ...

NBA Star Dwyane Wade Talks Mother's Drug Addiction and Father's Accountability
Your Black World
Miami Heat star Dwyane Wade has penned a book titled “A Father First: How My Life Became Bigger Than Basketball,” in which he vividly describes his mother's addiction to heroin and his sister's role in stepping into his life and removing him from the ...

Alliance Raises Youth Drug Awareness at Sewickley Heights Golf Club
Patch.com
The video features four Western Pennsylvania families, including Bennett and his wife Patti, who tell courageous stories about losing children to drug addiction. The Bennett's daughter Emily died in January last year from a heroin overdose at age 22.

Workshop on prescription, over-the-counter drug abuse scheduled for Monday
Grand Island Independent
The Central Nebraska Council on Alcoholism and Addictions will host a day-long workshop in Grand Island Monday on issues surrounding the use and abuse of prescription and over-the-counter drugsfeaturing drug recognition expert Chuck Matson.

Drug court gives offender new start
Marshall Independent
"It's a program to address the disease of addiction as the disease it is, rather than just being punitive," Mace said. Studies conducted by the U.S. Government Accountability Office have found that drug court participants who complete the program are ...

Ithaca Police Officers Given New Tool to Reverse Drug Overdoses
Cornell University The Cornell Daily Sun
Citing an “epidemic” of drug addiction in Ithaca, city officials recently gave the Ithaca Police Department permission to train officers how to administer a medication to individuals suffering fromdrug overdoses. The medication, Narcan, is absorbed ...

Addiction workshop set for big response Saturday at HMHC
Cleveland Daily Banner
Public response is expected to be heavy to a unique Saturday workshop aimed at individuals and families whose lives have been impacted, directly or indirectly, by abusive addictions to inhalants, over-the-counter drugs and their prescription counterparts.

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National Recovery Month Video



Rich Morey, a Public Health Advisor at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, provides an overview of the 2012 Recovery Month toolkit and demonstrates how to access various sections of the toolkit on RecoveryMonth.gov. This video shows how to navigate throughout all portions of the toolkit, including the Media Outreach, Targeted Outreach, and Resources sections.

Freehold Township Recognizes Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month
Patch.com
In addition to naming September “Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month,” the Committee also awarded Mann with another proclamation naming Oct. 23 through Oct. 31 “Red Ribbon Week.” Monmouth County Freeholder Thomas Arnone was present at ...

Twp. Group Seeks Funds for Anti-Drug Program
Patch.com
Herren's basketball success concealed a darker side, and his dream soon became a nightmare ofaddiction—first alcohol, then cocaine, finally heroin. His alcohol and drug use escalated until he was found unconscious with a heroin needle hanging from ...

Fighting opium addiction in Afghanistan
Today's THV
Ernst Jenco runs a preventative drug program for Medecins Du Monde in Kabul. It's the only clinic that provides methadone, a substitute for heroin, but they can only legally cater for 71 drug users. Jenco says, "I would describe the drug addiction ...

Today's THV

Canton police taking back prescription drugs
Hometownlife.com
Amid an escalating prescription drug problem marked by addiction, street sales and pharmacy burglaries, Canton police say it has become imperative for local residents to properly dispose of potentially dangerous controlled substances. And local ...

Town Stresses Communication to Combat Young Drug Abuse
Patch.com
Part One included local reaction to the problem, Part Two featured a look at a possible drug coalition forming in town and Part Three gave personal stories of what addiction can do to families. Education and communication. They are the two words that ...

Addiction treatment takes time, dedication
So Md News
Whether they stole items or money to pay for drugs or they ingested or sold the drugs themselves, every time Sam Gegor's two sons have been sent to jail it has been because of their addiction to prescription pills. Sam's eldest son, Nicholas, 25, is ...

PAULETTE SCHELL: When it comes to love, give kids second helping
San Angelo Standard Times
According to the Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University, teens who have infrequent family dinners (fewer than three per week) are more than twice as likely to say that they expect to try drugs in the future than those who have ...

Is Drug Addiction a Disease? :: RoseRehab Blog
Neuroscientist Marc Lewis, on the other hand, has a hard time accepting the idea that addiction is a disease.
www.roserehab.com/blog/2012/.../is-drug-addiction-a-disease/

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Drug addiction rampant on Kabul streets

Drug addiction rampant on Kabul streets
CNN
I like this Like I dislike this. Share Flag as inappropriate. Loading... Alert icon. Sign in or sign up now! Alert icon. Loading... Published on Sep 19, 2012 by CNN. Afghanistan grows 90% of the world's opium and has a drug problem, with only a few ...

"saying anything negative about anyone reflects really badly on yourself. Looking for the best in people your life gets much richer" +Richard Branson

Drug addiction workshop set Saturday
Cleveland Daily Banner
A free workshop whose outreach is aimed at individuals and families impacted by abusive addictions to inhalants, over-the-counter drugs and their prescription counterparts is being brought to Cleveland by the Hiwassee Mental Health Center. HMHC is ...

Families Deal With Consequences of Drug Addiction
Patch.com
Editor's Note: The following is Part Three is Patch's five-part series on drug use in Wilmington. Part One featured input on the topic from town officials and police and Part Two included a look at a potential drug coalition forming in town. To find ...

Miami Heat, Dwyane Wade, A Father First: Basketball star's book addresses his ...
WPTV
He credits his older sister, Tragil, with helping shield him from the trauma of his mother's addiction. She took 10-year-old Dwyane to live with his father, Dwyane Wade Sr., in Robbins, Illinois, away from the drug deals and police raids he had grown ...

WPTV

Drugs policy 'step in right direction'
The Age
Crosisca revealed yesterday that he battled a drug and alcohol addictionsecretly since he was 16 and throughout his career. After being forced into rehabilitation by his wife Nicole last year, Crosisca finally told a handful of his former teammates ...

The Age

Addiction treatment takes time, dedication
So Md News
Whether they stole items or money to pay for drugs or they ingested or sold the drugsthemselves, every time Sam Gegor's two sons have been sent to jail it has been because of their addiction to prescription pills. Sam's eldest son, Nicholas, 25, is ...

PAULETTE SCHELL: When it comes to love, give kids second helping
San Angelo Standard Times
According to the Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University, teens who have infrequent family dinners (fewer than three per week) are more than twice as likely to say that they expect to try drugs in the future than those who have ...

Alcohol recovery film to be shown
Jamestown Sun
Alcohol recovery film to be shown. As part of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month proclaimed by Gov. Jack Dalrymple, the Governor's Prevention Advisory Council on Drugs and Alcohol is recognizing a documentary screening that chronicles the life ...

Military substance abuse and drinking 'culture' now a 'crisis'
VOXXI
WASHINGTON (AP) — Abusing alcohol and drugs has been part of military culture historically: Troops do it for fun, to ease the stresses of war or to be part of the brotherhood. ... “Better care for service members and their families is hampered by ...

Potsdam church plans to open aftercare home
WatertownDailyTimes.com
POTSDAM — Members of a village church plan to open a group home for homeless women who struggle with drug addiction looking to restart their lives. New Hope Transformation House Ministries, formed by members of New Hope Community Church, will ...

New Urine Drug Test That Detects Kratom Use Launched!
TestCountry.com (blog)
Millennium Laboratories, the leading research-based clinical diagnostic company dedicated to improving the lives of people suffering from pain and/or addiction, announced late last month the introduction of a new urine drug test for Kratom detection.

TestCountry.com (blog)

Food 'like meth' to addicts - expert
TVNZ
Professor Doug Sellman believes the symptoms of being hooked on food are similar to those seen in drug and alcohol addicts, but those grappling with the affliction receive no support or funding. Meanwhile, those at the other end of the spectrum - such ...

Zanzibar Govt to Support Youth 'Rehabilitation'
AllAfrica.com
Zanzibar — ZANZIBAR Second Vice-President, Ambassador Seif Ali Iddi has promised that the government will support youths in rehabilitation of their houses after recovering from drugs addiction. "We need youths to abandon drugs to take part in national ...

Drug Addicted Husband, Divorce Him?
Onislam.net
It is important to understand that fighting an addiction is very difficult, especially crack. I do not know what the situation is and why your husband is addicted. If he decides he wants to quit he will need an addictions counselor and lots of family ...

Myanmar facing growing drug challenge
Myanmar Times
TAUNGGYI – Surging production in the poppy fields and methamphetamine factories of Myanmar's remote borderlands is stoking fears of a drug crisis that is sweeping young people into addiction. Authorities in Myanmar say the problem is getting worse, ...

Myanmar Times

Parents hold key to stop drug abuse
AsiaOne
Dr Siti Hasmah, wife of former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, said drug addiction should not be seen as a disease because it was a personal choice. "Drug abuse is completely preventable and curable if properly addressed from the beginning.

AsiaOne

Our view: We have high hopes for drug court
Winona Daily News
As drug court becomes established, we hope to see increased communication and cooperation among drug court officials and public health workers, nonprofits, and other community partners who treat addiction and mental health. We hope to see other ...

Gin in your genes?
Scienceline
It's pretty common for addiction counselors to simultaneously treat members of the same family for alcoholism, sometimes across generations, says Craig Bosomworth from Hambleton and Richmondshire Community Addiction Service (HARCAS) — a British-based ...

Generation Next - From Cocaine to Codeine
Equities.com
He is just 20 but he has perfected the act of drug addiction in a new way. Gbade (not real name) sat in a small room apartment to tell his own story. He is the fifth respondent who spoke to THISDAY. Like the others, he has a tale of loss, fear and pain.

Mephedrone may lead to permanent brain damage
Doctor Tipster
Craig Motbey, a PhD candidate in the University's School of Psychology and lead author of the research, said that the addiction is very high and that young people come to consume large amounts of this drug in short periods of time.It should be noted ...

'They're like zombies' The 'crazy man's drug' that is taking hold across capital
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Tom Gilsenan from Jobstown Assisting Drug Dependency explained that crystal meth makes users violent and the addiction is difficult to treat: "With crystal meth you have a fear of people getting extremely violent. It's so addictive. And you'll find ...

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Overdoses Involving Methadone Rise in Minnesota | The Partnership
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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), methadone has long been used safely and effectively to treat drug addiction. “It has been prescribed increasingly as a painkiller because it is a generic drug that can provide ...
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Coping with your Addiction at Work - Drug Addiction Treatment
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Others understand the difficulty you have feeding your addiction while trying to hide it from those who see you every day. The first thing to know is that your efforts to hide drug or alcohol use at work indicate that you truly have a problem and ...
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Report Finds Military Alcohol Abuse Culture Is Now A Crisis

Report: Military not adequately handling addiction in the ranks
CBS News
(CBS News) A branch of the National Academy of Sciences reported today that doctors in military hospitals appear to be overprescribing pain pills and the result is often addiction. ... Long entered an Army treatment program but continued to abusedrugs.

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Military Alcohol Abuse 'Culture' Is Now A 'Crisis,' Report Finds
Huffington Post
WASHINGTON — Abusing alcohol and drugs has been part of military culture historically: troops do it for fun, to ease the stresses of war or to be part of the brotherhood. But a new report says substance use and misuse among ... Today, the military's ...

Former drug dealer: Getting methadone paid for by state 'was an easy scam'
DL-Online
He said he started going to the methadone clinic not to get off drugs but to maintain his addiction – and to sell the drugs he was using. “It was a free high,” said Castellano, who pleaded guilty to selling Oxycontin in 2009. He said he's since turned ...

York Township surgeon rappelling Harrisburg building for alcohol, drug ...
York Daily Record
Drug, alcohol, food and nicotine addictions are among the most common addictions in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Heird said he hoped the event would help people recognize that addiction and alcoholism ...

Military not doing enough to help soldiers with substance abuse, study finds
Baltimore Sun (blog)
The report released today by the Institute of Medicine found that the military health system TRICARE doesn't cover the best treatments for alcohol and drug abuse. The system also does not permit long-term use of certain medications to treat addiction ...

Grog and drugs cost me the lot: Collingwood 1990 premiership star Gavin Crosisca
Herald Sun
Soon the teenager became a daily user of cannabis, something that was a constant during his playing career at the Magpies before spiralling into a full-blown amphetamines addiction while trying to coach at senior AFL level with North Melbourne ...

Braidwood officials urge residents to join fight against drugs
Joliet Herald News
BRAIDWOOD — Citizens can play a role in helping the city fight heroin and drug addiction in Braidwood. Public comment at a recent Braidwood City Council meeting centered on the need for the town to help young people avoid the dangers of addiction.

Legal opioid painkillers fuel spike in fatal ODs across state
MLive.com
Last year, heroin was second only to alcohol as the self-reported drug of choice for residents seeking addiction treatment in publicly funded centers, according to MCDH data. Why is this happening? Because life hurts. Pain treatment in the U.S ...

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Rockland drug court gets $329000 in federal funds
The Journal News | LoHud.com
The court program is an attempt to intervene with drug- and alcohol-addicted, nonviolent, low-level offenders before their addiction and criminal behavior worsen, he said. “Our job is first and foremost to protect the public,” Zugibe said ...

Childhood Trauma May Increase Drug Addiction Risk
By Dusten Carlson
Prior research has suggested that signs of an increased risk of addiction are tied to personality traits like impulsivity or compulsiveness, but a new study suggests that the roots of addiction go back even further. The study, published in the ...
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Ride raises awareness of drug addiction
My son Johnathan started using drugs eight years ago. He is now 25. He started with marijuana, cocaine, opiates and is now a heroin addict. Like most addicts ...
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Methadone: '60s treatment for drug addiction comes with deadly ...
Methadone, a drug available since the 1960s and deemed by the National Institute of Health and the Centers for Disease Control as “the most effective treatment ...
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Could 'miracle drug' be answer to fight heroin addiction?
Philadelphia Inquirer
It's called Vivitrol, a monthly injection of naltrexone that binds to human opioid receptors and blocks the drugs' euphoric effects, so addicts can't get high even if they want to. Kapulsky said it also stopped her drug cravings. She doesn't even think ...

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New love or drug use? It's the same to your brain

New love or drug use? It's all the same to your brain
Today.com (blog)
That kind of giddiness can be fun, but, says George Koob, one of the world's leading experts in the neurobiology of drug addiction, and a scientist at the Scripps Research Institute in San Diego, “unfortunately, the cycle can't be maintained.” Whether ...

The Menace of Drug Addiction
Kashmir Life
Barely audible, he warbles some verses from Islamic scripture as we meet at Drug Addiction Centre run by J&K police in Srinagar. In the middle of the conversation, he forgets what he was talking about! Married with a son and a daughter, Lateef was ...

Mountainside Drug Rehab Cites Research Regarding Increase Of Stroke Risk ...
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Mountainside Drug Rehab and Alcohol Treatment Center is a modern drug rehab and alcoholismtreatment facility that is skilled in serving a variety of clients with various addictions and in varying stages of addiction. The caring, compassionate team is ...

Tanzania: Safe Syringes for Drug Addicts
AllAfrica.com
During the programme narcotic drug abusers in the streets will be given clean needles, syringes and purified water. "Surely this cannot be the solution to the problem. The plan will only succeed in promoting addiction among our youths," said Sober ...

Monkeys are a metaphor in addiction classes
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
Her classes deal with addiction and the monkeys are a good metaphor for drug addiction, the monkey on your back. At her business, Fresh Start on Industrial Avenue, Andoloro teaches everything from a court-required 24-hour class for driving under the ...

Drug tradeoff: Methadone use comes at high price
Pioneer Press
Methadone has been used since the 1960s to treat opiate addiction. Proponents say ... And the newspaper said its analysis of state government data suggest that methadone's track record doesn't compare favorably other drug treatment programs. It says ...

Cyclists race in White Plains for drug awareness
The Journal News | LoHud.com
The event was expected to raise as much as $10,000 for the Westchester chapter of the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, which trains addiction counselors and fields calls from people seeking help. Proceeds from the event will support ...

Hunger, Alcoholism Linked by a Protein
Laboratory Equipment
The discovery points to new possibilities for designing drugs to treat alcoholism and other addictions. The new ... Perhaps if we could find a way to block ghrelin's activity in this region, we could dampen or even turn off the cravings felt by ...

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I am having a rough time today with MY life. I have started to get help as far as al anon meetings over the phone and I went to one in person on Friday night. I am wondering, is it helpful to attend an AA meeting. I would like to krow the other ...
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Drugs are generally classified as anything that changes your normal bodily state. Drug addictioncan occur in response to the use of a wide spectrum of drugs.
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