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 ...

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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 ...

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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.

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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.

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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
Herald.ie
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
By Join Together Staff
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 ...
The Partnership

Coping with your Addiction at Work - Drug Addiction Treatment
By datreatment
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 ...
Drug Addiction Treatment

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