Rhode Island weighs prescription drug registry to curb abuse

RI weighs prescription drug registry to curb abuse
San Francisco Chronicle
That number includes people who died after using prescribed and illicit drugs. Health officials say many people struggling with prescription drug addiction often ...

NPR

Family Court Hopes to End Cycle of Drug Addiction
KLAS-TV
LAS VEGAS -- Parents getting high and leaving their children to suffer. Right now, family court judges are seeing more drug-addicted parents flooding the ...

Mother sentenced to 7 years after she started dealing drugs to feed ...
Sioux Falls Argus Leader
A Sioux Falls woman who says she turned to drug dealing to feed her addiction and her family was given a 7-year prison sentence on Monday. Margaret ...

Fighting drug abuse through education
WNYT
AVERILL PARK - Drug counselors in Averill Park are hoping the remedy for heroin addiction is a mixture of awareness and communication, hence their effort to ...

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Drug Abuse Threat to Street Kids

Drug Abuse Is Major Threat to Street Kids
AllAfrica.com
A new study says their struggle to survive is made even harder by high levels of drug use. The journal Addiction has published a systematic review of 50 studies on street kids conducted in 22 countries. It describes a "hidden epidemic" of drug use that ...

New group addresses addiction in pregnancy
Themountainpress
"Our mission is to partner with others working on the problem of drug addiction to maximize our efforts." Many babies born to mothers who are substance abusers have neonatal abstinence syndrome, which can be life threatening or lead to developmental ...

Central Valley meth treatment lags despite widespread use
Merced Sun-Star
Across the state, data show a steady reduction in meth addiction treatment. According to the California Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs, 78,000 people were admitted to methaddiction programs in the fiscal year starting July 1, 2006. Five years ...

Prescription painkiller abuse is achieving gender equity
TriCities.com
Herald-Dispatch TriCities.com. Prescription painkiller abuse is achieving gender equity. For many years, men accounted for more cases of drug addiction and most of the overdoses. But that is changing rapidly, and health officials maintain the public ...

Salvation Army offers space, support for area's growing number of drug addicts
Middletown Journal
As drug abuse rises and waiting lists at local treatment centers grow longer, The Salvation Army in Norwood is taking those struggling with addiction from across southwest Ohio and giving them a place to stay and, hopefully, to recover. The Salvation ...

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More women falling prey to drug abuse

Editorial: More women falling prey to drug abuse
Huntington Herald Dispatch
For many years, men accounted for more cases of drug addiction and most of the overdoses. But that is changing rapidly, and health officials maintain the public and the medical community need to adjust mindsets and practices quickly. The signs ...

Enforcement dispute jeopardizes future of county drug court
Kennebec Journal
PORTLAND - For more than a dozen years, the Cumberland County Drug Court program has provided an alternative to incarceration, helping convicted felons overcome drug addiction and re-establish themselves as productive members of society.

Ketum leaves may be classified as dangerous drug: Zahid
The Sun Daily
PUTRAJAYA (July 7, 2013): Ketum leaves and its sub-species may be classified under the Dangerous Drugs Act if they are proven to cause hardcore addiction, Home Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said today. He said the ministry was studying a ...

NDF holds awareness camp on Drug Addiction
Kashmir Times
RAJOURI, July 6: National Development Foundation, NDF organized an awareness camp on Drug addiction under targeted intervention programme for Intravenous Drug users in collaboration with J&K State AIDS Prevention and Control Society at Sports ...

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Video Games, Drug Abuse, Drug Addiction

GTA 5 Drug Abuse and Addiction
Society and Religion
Unless Rockstar Games thinks they have to create artificial controversy in order to sell GTA 5, we think they will keep drugs low-key and not be an obvious part of the protagonist's or Michael's family's lifestyle or game element. Rockstar has subtly ...

'25% drug addicts who consumed drugs through injections, caught HIV'
Hindustan Times
On the eve of International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, experts say it is necessary to create awareness regarding the bad consequences of drug addiction to prevent youth in taking the wrong path. Dr SS Dhir, in-charge of Opioid ...

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Drug Addiction

What is Drug Addiction?

"The National Institute for Drug Abuse estimates that there are more than 1 million opiate addicts in the United States. This is the story of one such addict. ...“Mentally, you don’t really have those focuses on the daily minutia that you usually do in a sober mindset,” he explains. When he didn’t have the pills, he became obsessed with how to get them. When he did have them, he hardly even thought about them. However, he would make sure they would get done, especially after he started shooting up. It became a responsibility almost, like making sure to get to work on time. Only it was making sure to shoot up on time. . . . " Read more at: adamgoldfein.com/what-is-drug-addiction/

Resources:

National Institute on Drug Abuse, Monitoring the Future Study: http://www.drugabuse.gov/related-topics/trends-statistics/monitoring-future/trends-in-prevalence-various-drugs

National Institute on Drug Abuse, Treatment Statistics: http://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/drugfacts/treatment-statistics

Drug Abuse Recognition Training, Use Statistics: http://drugrecognition.com/Use%20Statistics.htm

Results from the 2010 National Survey on Drug Use and Health: http://www.samhsa.gov/data/NSDUH/2k10NSDUH/2k10Results.htm

The New York Times, For Lesser Crimes, Rethinking Life Behind Bars: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/12/science/mandatory-prison-sentences-face-growing-skepticism.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

Drug War Facts, Prisons & Drug Offenders: http://www.drugwarfacts.org/cms/Prisons_and_Drugs

Alter Net, 24-Year-Old Gets 3 Life Terms in Prison for Witnessing a Drug Deal: http://www.alternet.org/story/155794/24-year-old_gets_3_life_terms_in_prison_for_witnessing_a_drug_deal%3A_the_ugly_truth_of_mandatory_drug_sentencing

Rand Drug Policy Research Center: http://www.rand.org/multi/dprc.html

The Huffington Post, How Ending the War on Drugs Could Curb Gun Violence: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/emily-crockett/war-on-drugs-gun-violence_b_2624873.html

Pro Con, Should Illegal Drugs Be Legalized? http://aclu.procon.org/view.answers.php?questionID=000730

Debatepedia, War on Drugs: http://dbp.idebate.org/en/index.php/Debate:_War_on_Drugs

Pub Med Health, Drug Dependence: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0002490/

Mayo Clinic, Drug Addiction: http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/drug-addiction/DS00183

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Drug abuse: the startling photos that show the ravaging

The two sides of drug abuse: The startling photos that show the ravaging ...
Daily Mail
... about those gripped by drug addition, showing how people from a variety of back grounds could fall prey to substance abuse. But he also peeled back the years to show the person before their descent into addiction, showing them in smart clothes with ...

Daily Mail

Addicted to the "Study Drug," Adderall
Today's THV
While many students start taking the prescription medication to help focus on studies and boost GPAs, it can lead to a life-long addiction and to harder drugs, such as Methamphetamine. Gina Washam said she was prescribed Adderall after she experienced ...

Officers Still Fighting Prescription Drug Abuse
WDTV
A lot of officers are on the street to fight the synthetic drug problems, but they're also still trying to combat prescription drug addiction. Prescription drug abuse can be found among people of all ages. Some get hooked on the pills after they've ...

Mother charged with giving birth to drug-addicted baby
Deseret News
PARK CITY — Criminal charges have been filed against a woman with a history of drug addictionwho police say gave birth to a drug-addicted baby. Shea Renee Sheeran, 27, was arrested Monday night. She was charged in Summit County's 3rd District ...

The Potential Devastating Effects of Prolonged Drug Addiction (6 pics)
By Voodoo
In this photo series entitled, “Half”, London photographer Roman Sakovich uses make up and styling to show the before and after effects of long-term drug addiction. In this photo.
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Dangers of Prescription Drug Abuse

Former High School Football Player Now Touts Dangers of Prescription Drug ...
NESN.com
Aaron Rubin is now 30 years old, years removed from his days as a high school athlete, but suffice to say his life has changed in far more ways than just the normal life development as one goes through their 20s. More than five years ago, Rubin went ...

Robbie Williams Admits He Still Has Drug Urges After Taking Heroin
Entertainmentwise
Robbie Williams has revealed more details about his troubled adulthood, claiming he once tried heroin while at the height of his drug addiction. The 'Candy' singer famously quit Take That in 1995 after his drug addiction spiralled out of control. After...

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Review of the movie 'Flight' with Denzel Washington
Examiner.com
... a spectacular move flying the plane upside down (inverted) to keep the plane from crashing into a populated part of Georgia. This is after several days of drinking heavily and doing cocaine enabling him to mask his alcoholism. ... This is not your ...

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Prescription drug and heroin abuse focus of Marshfield event
Marshfield News-Herald
Generally, drug use leading to addiction starts with smoking marijuana, which often is called a gateway to oxycodone abuse and heroin use, he said. Both are opiates and highly addictive, he said. Many of the addicts involved in drug cases he has ...

JFK murder led to drugs, nephew says
The Australian
Speaking at an addiction forum in Sydney on Friday, Mr Lawford - the nephew of John and Robert Kennedy and son of actor Peter Lawford - recounted his 16-year battle with drugs and alcohol. Mr Lawford took his first LSD tab at the age of 13, one year ...

Former Des Moines officer avoids prison, gets probation
DesMoinesRegister.com
Both the Polk County prosecutor and Singleton's defense attorney argued the former officer should receive probation and continue undergoing drug addiction and mental health treatment. He faced more than 16 years in prison. Polk County District Court ...

Department to launch anti-drug campaign in schools and colleges
Hindustan Times
He added, "Drug addiction is a serious problem amongst youngsters, controlling it is a major challenge. For any such effort top succeed, it is necessary to channelise the creative energy of the youngsters against the menace. The two-day campaign will ...

Health-Minister-attributes-Batala-gastro-deaths-to-drug-addiction
Punjab Newsline
CHANDIGARH: In perhaps the worst case of apathy and callousness, the Punjab Health Minister has attributed the 42 gastroenteritis deaths in Batala to drug addiction even though he has no report to substantiate his claims. For, the Health Department did ...

Research and Markets: Drug Addiction - Pipeline ... - Business Wire
Global Markets Direct's, 'Drug Addiction - Pipeline Review, H2 2012', provides an overview of theDrug Addiction therapeutic pipeline. This report provides ...
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Alcohol, drug abuse cost Alaska's economy $1.2 B in 2010

Alcohol, drug abuse cost Alaska's economy $1.2 B in 2010

Juneau Empire
Alcohol and drug abuse took a heavy toll on Alaska's economy in 2010, according to a new report from McDowell Group, funded by the Advisory Board on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse, Alaska Mental Health Board, and the Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority.

Mental disorders can trigger drug abuse
The Trentonian
“One of the ways folks deal with their (mental illness) symptoms is to use drugs or alcohol,” said Karalee Pieluc, executive director of a local Catholic Charities program that assists people with a dual diagnosis of a psychiatric disorder and drug ...

Maltese employers 'take advantage' of incentives for former drug users
Malta Independent Online
According to a report published earlier this month by the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs andDrug Addiction, an EU agency: “Experience with this approach (offering financial incentives to employers in the form of wage subsidies and tax reductions ...

Photogenic homeless man off the streets
Ninemsn
October 28, 2012: A Brazilian man who worked as a model but reportedly ended up on the streets due to drug addiction has been admitted to rehab after a photo of him was widely distributed on the internet. A former Brazilian model, who became homeless ...

Meds a good 'first step' for treating alcoholism
Fox News
Naltrexone had the advantage when it came to cutting back on heavy drinking and helping recoveringalcoholics avoid cravings. All of the trials randomly assigned participants to take one of the drugs or a placebo ... The findings make sense to ...

Diabetes drug could treat illicit drug addiction
News-Medical.net
By Piriya Mahendra, medwireNews Reporter. Researchers have found that a drug currently used to treat Type 2 diabetes could treat addiction to drugs such as cocaine. Exendin-4 (Ex-4) is an analog of glucagon-like peptide (GLP-1) and, under its synthetic ...

Tyrann Mathieu fumbling when it comes to life
Examiner.com
After numerous failed drug tests, LSU was forced to kick off arguably their best player on defense. Mathieu bucked numerous offers from lower tier colleges to play for them immediately ... Athletes and celebrities alike are not immune to addiction, and ...

Examiner.com

Robbie Williams wishes addiction help came later
Monsters and Critics.com
The former Take That star - who has a history of drug and alcohol abuse - was sober for most of his 20s and wishes he hadn't accepted he was 'out of control' at such a young age. He said: 'I regret that it was all over so fast. I regret the fact I was ...

Monsters and Critics.com

Methadone: Miracle or menace?
Lodi News-Sentinel
Methadone: Miracle or menace? Healthy Connections, the first methadone clinic in Lodi, recently opened on the corner of Ham Lane and Vine Street. It brought with it a debate over methadone's merits in treating drug addiction. Buy this photo. Dr. Ernest ...

Treating drug users
Marquette Mining Journal
"The need for a specialty court to address the problem of prescription drug addictionin Marquette County has been recognized for several years," Mason said in a recent memo to the county board. "The issue has become progressively more urgent as the ...

Marquette Mining Journal

Program teaches teens to combat pornography addiction
ksl.com
Some have asked if junior high is too early, but Olsen says it is never too early to teach kids the dangers of pornography addiction, which is why "Fight the New Drug" campaign says it reached out to hundreds of students at Kaysville's Centennial ...

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Woman, 21, Shares Her Struggle To Overcome Addiction To Bath Salts
CBS Local
But bath salts are the name of a dangerous and powerful new drug that turns normal people into zombies. KCAL9's Sharon Tay sat down with a young woman recovering from her addiction to this horrific drug. “I thought I was demonized and possessed at one ...

CBS Local

The Good Samaritan Bill Will Save Lives
NJ.com (blog)
That said, the fact is that addicts who survive an OD will often continue their drug addictionimmediately, rationalizing the event as they have for years rationalized their addiction and whatever they must do to sustain it. I have known addicts, lying ...

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The struggle against addiction

DRUGS IN DEDHAM: The struggle against addiction
Daily News Transcript
While they fight to keep drugs under control on the streets, those facing addiction and their loved ones are likewise facing an uphill fight on the home front, a fight that is often lost. Dedham police have responded to three fatal drug overdoses so ...

Russia offers new methods to treat drug addiction
The Voice of Russia
Methods to treat drug addiction, offered by Russian specialists, may prove revolutionary. The latter are working out new medicines that destroy the memory of brain receptors for drugs. Members of the State Anti-Drug Committee of the Russian Federation ...

The Voice of Russia

Broadway Treatment Center Opens Drug and Alcohol Treatment Facility in CA
Sacramento Bee
Because addiction is often an outgrowth of an underlying psychological condition, prior to treatment for drug and alcohol addiction at Broadway Treatment Center, a comprehensive intake interview, evaluation and assessment battery are completed via ...

Narcotic addiction treatment programs in Ontario to expand
CBC.ca
The patent for OxyContin expires Nov. 25 and provincial and territorial ministers have urged Ottawa to delay the approval of a generic form of the drug. "My argument is that the social costs related to addiction of the very easily tampered OxyContin ...

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Raskin Treats Addiction Medically
Palisadian-Post
'Addiction affects all ages and all socioeconomic classes,' said Raskin, who has been helping patients with addictions for the past 10 years, including six at Cliffside Malibu, a drug and alcohol rehabil'itation center north of Zuma Beach. 'We're ...

Palisadian-Post

It's time to get smart on crime, and the drug lab scandal is a chance to do it ...
Boston.com (blog)
The vast majority of non-violent offenders are incarcerated for crimes directly related to drug addiction--drug possession, small sales and small-time theft to pay for drugs. Filling our jails and prisons with these people doesn't address the ...

Dr. Gabor Maté's alternative view of addiction
Weekly Alibi
Operating a family practice for two decades before entering the addiction field, he always had a few drug-dependent patients among his clientele. He eventually became a tireless advocate for addicts in Vancouver. Maté is a compelling speaker, as his ...

St. Johns female inmates busted for smuggling in drug, officials say
Florida Times-Union
AUGUSTINE — Last month 22 female inmates at the St. Johns County Jail tested positive for an illegal drug, leaving authorities scratching their heads at just how the drug, an opiate used to treat heroin addiction, got into the locked-down facility ...

Milford students get straight talk on drugs
Milford Daily News
Students at Milford High School received a lesson on the dangers of drug and alcohol addictionWednesday from a person that many residents fear to encounter, the Worcester County Sheriff Lewis Evangelidis. During his presentation to the high school's ...

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Duchess of Cambridge gives addiction charity royal support

Duchess of Cambridge gives addiction charity royal support
Telegraph.co.uk
“She chose us because she had realised that with many problems faced by young people, the trail always led to back to addiction of some sort, whether alcohol, drugs or something else.” As the Duchess is clearly aware, addiction is a major problem in...

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Drug Addiction a Major Player in Many California 3 Strikes Convictions
LBNstudio
Regarding a pre-disposition to alcohol or drug addiction, that is not going to be recognized as an excuse in terms of perpetrating a crime, Hyman says and violent crimes, no matter how sad the person s childhood was, doesn t factor in because violence ...

Ontario to spend $15M on treatment for prescription drug addiction
CTV News
The Ontario government announced $15 million in new funding on Wednesday to help those battling addiction to prescription drugs receive treatment. Health Minister Deb Matthews said the funding will focus on pregnant women, mothers and those ...

CTV News

Addiction Drug Could Curb Binge Eating
Yahoo! News (blog)
But after the drug naltrexone was injected into the part of the rats' brains called the prefrontal cortex, binge eaters ate much less — close to the amount that rats on a regular diet consume, said study researcher Angelo Blasio, of the Laboratory of ...

Kane drug court graduates break a leg — and addiction
Chicago Daily Herald
... Court hope to “break a leg” in addition to breaking their addictions. Graduates and program participants will perform “It's a Drug Court Life” — a take on the Jimmy Stewart classic “It's a Wonderful Life” — as part of the latest drug court ...

Marijuana: Why ex-drug warriors hate Amendment 64, other drug initiatives
Westword (blog)
Former drug czars, DEA administrators and national "addiction experts" have come out in opposition to Colorado's Amendment 64, as well as similar measures before voters in Washington and Oregon. In other wildly-unexpected news: The sky is, indeed, blue ...

A Tale of Two Drug Stories
Patch.com
It was little consolation, however, to the smaller group of 38 residents from across the state sitting less than 100 yards away dealing with the pain that drug addiction can afflict on a family during the monthly Parents-4-A-Change meeting. The 22nd ...

Painkiller addiction becoming an epidemic in US
Firstpost
“Prescription drug use is the next big epidemic,” said Richard Miech, professor of sociology at the University of Colorado Denver, who led the study. Representative image. Getty Images. “Everyone in this field has recognised that there is a big ...

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Chris Herren Heads Back To Staten Island To Tell Story Of Drug Addiction
CBS Local
His goal now: tell kids the truth and turn them away from the scourge of drug addiction. “2,000 people will start with prescription medication today, teenagers, and it's an epidemic and it needs to be recognized and talked about more because these kids ...

CBS Local

Ontario to spend $15 million to expand treatment for drug addiction ...
By Canadian Press
TORONTO — The governing Liberals are spending $15 million on programs to expand treatment for people addicted to prescription narcotics, such as OxyContin. Health Minister Deb Matthews said the money will help in treating pregnant ...
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N.J. task force on drug abuse study problem, seek reforms

N.J. task force on drug abuse study the problem, seek reforms
Philadelphia Inquirer
In contrast, she said, by law alcoholism must be treated. ... Christie signed into law a measure creating a pilot drug-court program in which low-level, nonviolent offenders with drug addiction would get mandatory drug treatment instead of ...

Bliss and hell of American expat addicted to an ancient drug, and a bygone Asia
Fox News
"Opium Fiend, A 21st Century Slave to a 19th Century Addiction" opens with this harrowing description of the American author trying to cut himself off from a drug that had taken over his life as a freelance journalist in Southeast Asia. Although Martin ...

Carlsbad Teen Offers Unique Perspective on Drug Addiction and Advice for ...
Patch.com
Pernille Kruse reached out to Carlsbad Patch in September to talk about how a drug recovery program helped her deal and better understand her teen-aged son's [whose name is not being used at her request] issues with drug addiction. Carlsbad Mother of ...

Grieving Sister Runs To Prevent Drug Addiction
FOX2now.com
FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS, IL. (KTVI) – A grieving sister is putting one foot in front of another to give others hope and a brighter future as they fight drug addiction. News 11′s Patrick Clark shows how she is remembering her brother who lost his life to a ...

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Mom-Son Intervention Team Inspired by His...
ABC News
He credits his mother for saving his life by leaving him in jail after he flunked 10 drug tests. "That was my rock bottom," he said. "Every addict has a rock bottom." Debbie Knauss never gave up on her son and today, the pair work as a team in their ...

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Youth commission conducts advocacy caravan vs youth drug addiction
Philippine Information Agency
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Oct 3 (PIA) -- The National Youth Commission (NYC) is conducting a nationwide advocacy caravan to combat drug addiction among the young people. Done in partnership with the Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB), the fourth leg of ...

OUR OPINION: State policy could make bad drug policy worse
Kennebec Journal
1, a two-year limit on the use of state funding for methadone and buprenorphine, the two most effective drugs for treating heroin addiction, takes effect. The caps are retroactive, meaning that some addicts will be cut off immediately. While that might ...

State officials reveal results of survey on gambling addiction
Hudson Hub-Times
The survey of 3,600 Ohioans was conducted by the Ohio Department of Alcohol and Drug AddictionServices, Kent State University and Ohio for Responsible Gambling in advance of the opening of the state's new casinos and "racinos" (horse tracks offering ...

Deputies: Woman steals lawn mower from mom to feed drug addiction
WOWK
A Kanawha County woman is faced with multiple felony charges after investigators said she stole a lawn mower from her mom to feed her drug addiction. Amber Harper, 29, is charged with grand larceny and transferring and receiving stolen property.

UC expert researching drug abuse treatment
Voxy
Addiction is a disease of the brain. It causes changes in the activity of brain circuits and these changes are responsible for the symptoms of drug addiction, including physiological signs of withdrawal, anxiety, depression and increased desire to take ...

The White House Says Drug Addiction is a Health Problem, Not A ...
Drug czar Gil Kerlikowske says the Obama administration has changed its thinking about people addicted to drugs — and you should too. Read more in this ...
www.pasadenarecoverycenter.com/the-white-house-says-drug-...

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UNODC Suggests Countries Use Malaysia's Successful Approach

UNODC Suggests Countries Use Malaysia's Successful Approach In Tackling ...
Bernama
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 1 (Bernama) -- The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has acknowledged Malaysia's successful approach in tackling drug abuse, with good response from the addicts who come voluntarily for treatment and ...

Treatment critical to averting teen addiction crisis
Vancouver Sun
It is not news that getting your hands on illegal drugs is easier than getting alcohol if you are under-age. The availability of drugs partly explains the level of drug addiction that exists in our community, especially among our youth. The fact is, we ...

The Other Drug Addiction
Times Online
At the same time, in nearly half its primary care trusts, the NHS failed to plan properly for the enormous task of helping users kick the drugs. The result is the mass addiction to prescription tranquillisers revealed in The Times today. It is costly ...

Drug court program gives Pekin offender a second chance
Peoria Journal Star
It and Tazewell's program are open only to non-violent offenders whose crimes are determined to be driven by drug addiction. Drug dealers are not eligible. An applicant must be accepted by his prosecutor and public defender as well as the probation ...

Awareness drug addiction camp concludes
E-Pao.net
Imphal, September 30 2012: The valedictory function of the 15-day long District Level Awareness Cum- Drug Addiction Camp organized by Nehru Yuva Kendra, Thoubal under the aegis of Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India ... As ...

Two Alberta nurses say addictions that lead them to steal narcotics were a ...
National Post
As drug addiction took a greater and greater hold on their lives, nurses Genevieve Wright and Mona Helmer tapped into a ready supply to feed their habits, stealing narcotics from the Alberta hospitals where they worked. Ms. Wright pocketed a dozen...

National Post

Benchmark Recovery Center is Pleased to be Platinum Sponsors of the National ...
RedOrbit
Benchmark Recovery Center (formerly Mark Houston Recovery), is pleased to be Platinum Sponsors of the National Conference on Addiction Disorders (NCAD). The conference is one of the premier conferences on drug and alcohol addiction disorders and is ...

The Needle: A positive teenage story of overcoming drug addiction in Australia
Bikya Masr
SYDNEY: He's like most of his friends. Enjoys sport, girls and video games. But 6 months ago, Damon found himself at rock bottom. His parents had divorced and the battle of his future was taking a toll. He found a girl and started hanging out in what ...

Bikya Masr

Drug trouble in the suburbs
Regina Leader-Post
Addicted teenagers have resorted to residential break-ins looking for electronics, jewelry or anything they can sell to finance their addiction. It's unclear where the teens are getting their drugs, and police continue to investigate. And It now seems ...

Study: 250000 Ohioans have gambling problem
Columbus Dispatch
(LEFT TO RIGHT) JoAnn Davidson, Chair, Casino Control Commission; Sanford Starr, Chief of Planning, Outcomes & Research, ODADAS; Tom Keksan, Attorney, Cincinnati; and Orman Hall, Director, Ohio Department of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services, ...

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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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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 ...
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5 damaging myths about addiction

5 damaging myths about addiction
CNN
According to the National Institute on Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse, 75% of alcoholics recover without treatment. Myth No. 4: Drugs 'fry' your brain. Remember the 1987 anti-drug commercial that used a frying egg to show "your brain on drugs?" While ...

Leading addiction specialist warns of dangers of new synthetic mixes of drugs
Irish Independent
A LEADING addiction specialist has warned recreational drug users that they are most at risk from dangers of new synthetic mixes. As Merchants Quay Ireland launched its annual report for last year, chief executive Tony Geoghegan described the...

Irish Independent

Alliance Fundraiser Spreads 'A Message of Hope' Through Drug Awareness
Patch.com
Bennett is a new member on the board of directors of the Franklin Park-based Pennsylvania Alliance for Safe and Drug Free Children, working to raise awareness about youth drug addiction. Alliance is a noncoalition that works to educate families about ...

Jael Strauss: Detroit's Top Model Finalist Faces Drug Intervention On Dr. Phil
CBS Local
With that question, TV's Dr. Phil McGraw introduced the story of Detroit native Jael Strauss, a former “America's Next Top Model” finalist who he said has spiraled intodrug addiction. Her story aired at 5 p.m. Thursday on CBS 62. Strauss was a 22 year...

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Shock hotspot for hard drugs in Bodmin
This is Cornwall
Cornwall Council's Adult Drug Treatment Needs Assessment report shows that nine people in every thousand living in Bodmin over the age of 18 are being treated for drug addiction. The latest Bodmin crime figures reveal that although overall crime is ...

Drug addict John Hallam jailed at Leicester court after string of raids on homes
This is Leicestershire
A burglar who struck at four homes to feed his drug addiction has been jailed for two-and-a-half years. John Hallam pleaded guilty at Warwick Crown Court to three burglaries in Nuneaton, and a charge of possessing criminal property taken during another ...

Is a drug-addicted mom to blame if her child commits suicide?
The Week Magazine
Sabrina Ann Howard, 40, has a history of drug addiction, and prosecutors say her negligence anddrug-addled lifestyle led her distraught teenager to end his own life. Here, a brief guide to the tragic tale: What happened? Howard's son died on July 11 ...

Lethal risk from prescription drugs
The Australian
Patients who would be horrified if they were labelled as having a drug addiction are regularly being prescribed doses of morphine that would result in an overdose in a person with significant heroin tolerance. It is not only overdoses that are a ...

Many drug users among soup kitchen customers
This is Cornwall
AT LEAST 20 per cent of homeless people using Newquay's largest soup kitchen have a seriousdrug addiction. Service manager Alan Lee, who feeds up to 30 people at the United Reformed Church (URC), four times a week, told the Cornish Guardian at ...

Industry Non-profit Counters Hollywood Portrayal of Drugs and Alcohol With ...
Hollywood Reporter
Hollywood films have often glorified drugs and alcohol on screen but now an industry non-profit group is trying to use the filmmaking art to counter the abuses which have led to well known stars as well as average people becoming victims of addiction.

Hollywood Reporter

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"By the time that the plane touched in Texas, I had all kinds of drugs, pills lined up ." His drug addiction continued to get worse. "I came out a monster," he said.

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Deaths Highlight Prescription Drug Epidemic

Celebrity Overdoses: Deaths Highlight Prescription Drug Epidemic
Huffington Post
Houston is hardly the first celebrity to have battled a deadly prescription drug addiction. In the past decade, Heath Ledger, Brittany Murphy, Anna Nicole Smith and Michael Jackson were just four of the most famous stars to overdose on legal medication.

Swollen Members' Madchild riffs on the drug addiction that nearly killed him
Vancouver Sun
Shane Bunting spoke with Vancouver Sun Driving reporter Andrew McCredie for the feature Big Wheels, in which local celebrities test drive their dream vehicles. During the drive, which will be featured in The Vancouver Sun Aug. 31, Bunting also shared ...

Bipartisan Support as California Legislature Passes Bill to Help Prevent Drug ...
eNews Park Forest
“The demographic of addiction and drug overdose has gone through a sudden transformation in California,” said the bill's author Tom Ammiano (D-San Francisco). “In suburban areas, the emergency rooms and addiction centers are seeing more and more ...

Scientists Are One Step Closer to an Addiction-Proof Painkiller
Mashable
The scope of painkiller abuse nationally and globally is often debated. The latest report by the U.S.Drug Enforcement Administration, released in April 2012, states nearly 7 million Americans grapple with prescription-drug addiction. The CDC reports ...

NM Medicaid to cover methadone treatment
San Francisco Chronicle
A Human Services Department official says the change in policy should help in fighting a drug addiction epidemic. New Mexico has the nation's highest death rate from drug overdoses. The DrugPolicy Alliance said Monday that New Mexico joins about 30 ...

Ex-Hatboro cop admits using badge for drug-related crimes
phillyBurbs.com
John Becker, 43, of the first block of Saw Buck Circle, Horsham, pleaded guilty to charges of possessing drugs, stealing drugs, cash and guns from the department's evidence locker that he would then sell to pay for his addiction, and to coercing ...

How Big Of A Problem Are Drugs/Alcohol At Andover High School?
Patch.com
According to a new study by the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse, roughly 17 percent of American high school students engage in smoking, drinking or doing drugs during the school day. The study also indicated that approximately 86 ...

Cannabis is not an innocent drug, teenagers addicted to it risk damaging their ...
Daily Mail
A magistrate, Yvonne Davies, when sentencing a cannabis grower to community service, urged him to stay away from the drug – after revealing that addiction to cannabis had killed her brother. She spoke about the 'living hell' her family had been through.

Daily Mail

Every Drug Overdose Is Preventable
Huffington Post (blog)
As a former police chief, I have seen the devastating effect that substance abuse and addiction can have on individuals, families and communities. Almost 16,000 overdose deaths involved prescription painkillers in the United States in 2009. That is ...

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Tackling alcohol, drug addiction | gbcs
Alcohol and drug addiction are serious matters confronting every community. A recent article cites research that over 70% of young people are underage ...
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