Showing posts with label drug addiction. Show all posts
Showing posts with label drug addiction. Show all posts

Drug Addiction, Suboxone, Harm Reduction

The New York Times is dead wrong about drug addiction - Salon.com: " . . . . Harm reduction is all about erasing the idea that addiction is a moral failure — that people addicted to a drug are “dirty,” while other people are “clean” — and taking a public health perspective that focuses on what can actually save lives and lessen damage to families. The first step is encouraging and supporting people who are getting any kind of help, not making them feel worse for it. As my client who takes Suboxone recently said to me: “Why can’t it be a good thing to tell people I’m in recovery? Instead, I have to hide it.” I really hope she doesn’t read The New York Times." (read more at the link above)

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Drug Addiction, Anonymous People, There is a Solution

‘Anonymous People’ tackle drug addiction | Sandusky Register: "....The recently released documentary shares personal stories of various people — celebrities, athletes, corporate executives and many others— in hopes of encouraging and inspiring others confronting addictions and getting sober...“This film will help illuminate the way that people can live a more productive, industrious, selffulfilling life and be happy, joyous in free,” Supina said. “We need to stand up and let people know there is a solution to alcohol and drug addictions.”Supina said...." (read more at link above)

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Awareness about drug and alcohol addiction

Dozens Rappel Down San Jose Marriott to Raise Awareness About ...
NBC Bay Area
Dozens of people are rappelling 26 stories down the side of the San Jose Marriott hotel to raise awareness about drug and alcohol addiction. Bob Redell reports ...

NBC Bay Area

Groups unite to better fight drugs
Chillicothe Gazette
We need to make it tough to do (and sell) drugs in Chillicothe,” said Everson, who ... through the Paint Valley Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Board.

Parents, children hear tales of drug use and recovery
Post-Tribune
VALPARAISO — Families came together Tuesday to share their children's stories of drug abuse and addiction. There were stories of overcoming and ...

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Drug Addiction, Sex Trade

Behind drug addiction, sex trade are people
Cowichan Valley Citizen
When speaking with Bev Stone, one thing she said particularly hit home. Her daughter, and those like her who become addicted to drugs and caught up in the ...

Tories headed to court to learn more about impacts of drug addiction
Journal Pioneer
CHARLOTTETOWN – Island Tories have committed to visiting provincial court upon closure of the fall legislature session to witness court proceedings on ...

The Guardian Charlottetown

$1.5M awarded to help inmates with mental health, addiction problems
Marion Star
Mental health and drug abuse problems plague many inmates inside Ohio's jails. ... Mental Health and Ohio Department of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services ...

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Helping Youth with Drug Addiction

Helping Youth with Drug Addiction
Bayshore Broadcasting News Centre
The 'Gala of Hope' on Saturday night in Durham is a fundraiser for the yet to be built Georgian Bay Treatment Centre for youth with drug addiction problems.

Bayshore Broadcasting News Centre

This drug could make a huge dent in heroin addiction. So why isn't it ...
Washington Post (blog)
Much of my public-health research has concerned measures to reduce the social and health harms related to the misuse of heroin, prescription painkillers, and ...

Washington Post (blog)

New York Times Misses Mark on Buprenorphine Drug
Huffington Post
To treat opioid addiction, we need options that include both behavioral psychosocial counseling and medications. Buprenorphine is not a miracle drug, but it ...

The High Life Part 5 - recovering from drug addiction
CTV News Barrie
Casandra Clark spent most of her teenage years high on one drug or another. “I would let anybody get to me. I was just too sad and too mad and blaming ...

Action on addiction 'epidemic' needed now: MLAs
The Guardian Charlottetown
After months of hearing from those most affected by prescription drug addiction in P.E.I., a committee of MLAs says action must be taken now to help addicted ...

The Guardian Charlottetown

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Drug addiction takes toll in Iran

Drug addiction takes toll in Iran
Al-Monitor
One of the socioeconomic challenges facing Iran today is extensive drug addiction, especially among the youth. Having Afghanistan — the world's largest ...

Drug Court another facet in county's response to addiction
Shore News Today
CAPE MAY COUNTY – Three county residents will graduate from the local Drug Court program this week, and another five will enter the final phase of the ...

Henry Radel, tell other Republicans that all addicts deserve help
The Guardian
I struggle with the disease of alcoholism, and this led to an extremely irresponsible choice. ... American society considers alcoholics people with a disease, deserving of our help. ... Addiction is a disease, whether the drug is legal or illegal.

Washington Post (blog)

Heroin Summit: addiction doctor says managing addiction is 'indefinite'
Plain Dealer
Heroin Summit: Cleveland Clinic doctor on addiction treatment Jason Jerry, a physician in the Cleveland Clinic's Alcohol and Drug Recovery Center, discusses ...

Medina County Gazette

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Addiction Specialists Warn of New Painkiller Zohydro

Addiction experts protested loudly when the Food and Drug Administration approved a powerful new opioid painkiller last month, saying that it would set off a wave of abuse much as OxyContin did when it first appeared. (source below)

Addiction Specialists Wary of New Painkiller
New York Times
The experts are concerned that Zohydro is not formulated to halt abuse and is manufactured by a company that makes a treatment for people dependent on painkillers or alcohol.... (read more at link above)

Salon

A NATIONWIDE campaign to combat violence and drug addiction in ...
Gulf Daily News
'Together Against Violence and Addiction' was initially targeted at children aged between six and 18 and aims to tackle issues such as bullying, drugsand ...

Gulf Daily News

Phillipsburg man who assaulted officers finally getting help for ...
The Express Times - LehighValleyLive.com
Brian Mulrooney, 23, of the 500 block of Roseberry Street, had a drug addiction unlike any other Assistant District Attorney Kelly Lewis-Fallenstein has ...

Demi Lovato details bulimia, drug and alcohol addictions in memoir
Examiner.com
Lovato, who was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, said she wants other young girls who are suffering from eating disorders, drug addiction or poor self-esteem to ...

Examiner.com

Suburban Scourge: Addiction and the Gateway Pill
Patch.com
And at a time of easy access to an array of designer drugs and prescription narcotics, the epidemic of opiate addiction is spreading through suburbia at alarming ...

Calcium a treatment for alcoholics
The Age
One of the most common drugs to treat alcoholism could be replaced by taking a ... The drug has been used to treat alcohol addiction for 20 years and it was ...

Addicts rise up to promote awareness of region's heroin problem
The Oshkosh Northwestern
Parties, drugs and an addiction to narcotics that cost him $1,000 per day — they were all part of a lifestyle Darby enjoyed and an unmistakable sign of a lifestyle ...

Fox11online.com

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Fatal Addictions, Alcohol, Drug Addiction

Fatal addiction: Britain's 6200 state-sponsored drug addicts hooked ...
Daily Mail
Thousands of drug addicts have spent more than a decade hooked on a heroin substitute prescribed by the NHS at a cost of £200 million, The Mail on Sunday ...

Daily Mail

Drug Addiction And Baby Boomers -- An Escalating Problem
Huffington Post
In 2010, she became a fellow at the American Society of AddictionMedicine. ... The National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence can also help you to ...

University at Buffalo Reporter

Alcohol, Drug Addiction & Mental Health Services Board to meet Oct ...
New Philadelphia Times Reporter
The Alcohol, Drug Addiction & Mental Health Services Board of Tuscarawas and Carroll Counties will meet at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 16. The AOD, Planning and Budget ...
HealthDay
THURSDAY, Oct. 10 (HealthDay News) -- When doctors abuse painkillers or other prescription drugs, they're usually not doing it to get high. Instead, they're ...

Nick Clegg: Britain is losing the war on drugs
Telegraph.co.uk
"You've got very senior police officers now coming out saying that the war on drugs is failing, that we should treat drug addiction as much as a health issue as a ...

Telegraph.co.uk

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Demons of drug addiction and alcoholism

Life on Skid Row: Where homeless fight their demons of drug ...
Daily Mail
Its most recent inhabitants have been those who find they have nowhere else to turn as drug addicts and alcoholics come to its streets to try to fight their demons.


Young and on drugs: Three recovering addicts share their stories of ...
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
Ben Wilkey of Columbus has battled a prescription drug addiction after his mother died when he was 15...

Columbus Ledger-Enquirer

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Drug Addiction, 15 years sobriety, Relapse, 30 month prison sentence

Farmingdale convenience-store robber sentenced to 30 months
Morning Sentinel
AUGUSTA — Before robbing a Farmingdale convenience store in January, Cynthia Chepke relapsed into drug addiction after 15 years of sobriety, she said ...

Morning Sentinel

Nygren proposes bills to combat heroin use, addiction in Wisconsin
Green Bay Press Gazette
John Nygren, R-Marinette, who has seen the devastation of heroinaddiction in his daughter's battle with the drug on Friday laid out legislation he says will help ...

San Francisco Chronicle

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Drug Addiction, Higher Crime Rates

New Hampshire Police Reports Higher Crime Linked To Drug ...
DigitalJournal.com
The New Hampshire News states (9/11) in Nashua Police Say Spike In Armed Robberies Tied ToDrug Addiction, that the Nashua, NH Police Department Drug ...

Nyaope: Cheap Drug Cocktail Ravaging Black Townships of South ...
International Business Times
Nyaope: Cheap Drug Cocktail Ravaging Black Townships of South Africa.... of the South African National Council on Alcoholism and DrugDependence [Sanca] in Soweto. ... South African youths who become entangled in drug addiction find ...

International Business Times

Foreigners kick drugs with yoga, build homes in gratitude
Times of India
UDUPI: Ten foreigners, addicted to drugs, were transformed into social workers ... to rid themselves off their drug addiction by practicing 'Karma Yoga' under the ...

Editorial: Wanted: more focus on drug addiction
Concord Monitor
It's easy to understand why Jim Weinstein, the head of the Dartmouth-Hitchcock health system, is frustrated. When it comes to health care, much of what he hears ...

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Drug addiction, 5 things we can learn

Drug addiction: 5 things we can learn from Cory ... - KevinMD.com
Monteith's death is a moment for us all to look around and better understand how this public health crisis can be confronted....

Turkish state to cover alcohol, drug addiction treatment expenseswww.worldbulletin.net
The SGK, which used to cover only a limited part of alcohol and drug Addiction treatment expenditures, will start covering the entire treatment expenses of ...

Opioid receptor could guide drug R&D on addiction - FierceBiotech
John Carroll
Investigators from the Florida campus of the Scripps Research Institute have found that a compound that favors a certain biological pathway could provide ...
FierceBiotech News

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Pit of loneliness, cocaine, drug addiction

'Pit of loneliness': How Arianna Huffington's daughter hid cocaine ...
Today.com
Huffington said she is opening up about her ordeal to paint a realistic portrayal about drug addiction, and how it strikes people regardless of their economic and ...

Drug Abuse: Any Genetic Inclination?
Nigerian Observer
Investigations reveal most of the heavy smokers and alcoholics have parents ... He says that addiction does not just start immediately, adding: “It is a gradual ...

Drug Addiction Treatment « Detour. Creative Content.
Most people who are dealing with an alcohol or drug problem could turn around again through receiving help from a in California. By observing abstinence ...
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Heroin Problem (video)


Group uses Boone County 4-H and Utopia Fair to bring attention to Northern Kentucky's heroin problem ...
WCPO
They said there was a popular athlete at the University of Kentucky, popular with women and was “happy-go-lucky” so if he could suffer from drug addiction, ...

CEOs More Likely to Become Drug Addicts, Study Says
PR Web (press release)
“Drug addicts need to receive treatment as soon as possible or suffer the harmful ... Why The Brains Of High-Powered People May Be More Prone To Addiction, ...

PR Web (press release)

Schools to focus on responsible drinking
Cyprus Mail
The programme is based on the national drug strategy and action plan established by the European monitoring centre for drugs and drug addiction. The plan ...

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Murder, Drug Addiction, South Boston


Amy Lord murder, drug deaths pierce an image of rejuvenation in ...
Boston.com
Amy Lord murder, drug deaths pierce an image of rejuvenation in South Boston ... the rise: a stubborn seedy underside including an epidemic of drug addiction....

New facility to help babies born exposed to drugs
West Virginia Public Broadcasting
“I think it will be a large eye opener to everybody as to how big of a dealdrug addiction is in our area, but people like to be ostriches and put their head in the ...

California Society of Addiction Medicine Applauds Rehab Fraud ...DigitalJournal.com (press release)
The California Society of Addiction Medicine (CSAM) supports the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) investigation into alleged fraud in the Drug ...

Sanjay Gupta changes mind on weed but debate continues
USA TODAY
Some drug addiction experts say the CNN doctor's comments about marijuana's dangers being overstated will make their job more difficult. post. A man displays ...

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Alcohol, Drug Addiction, Recovery

Future of alcohol and drug addiction service One North East, in ...This is Local London
The abstinence-based service, which helps around 100 alcoholics and drug... Addiction has a high impact on a person's loved ones, so it's very important they ...

This is Local London

For addicts, new Recovery Court in Morgan County offers second ...
Knoxville News Sentinel
Drug addiction is a burgeoning problem statewide, officials said, and there are now more people seeking help for narcotics addiction than alcoholism.

Panic! At The Disco star reveals four year drug and alcohol addiction ...
Gigwise
In a very personal message to fans on the band's website, Panic! At The Disco drummer, Spencer Smith, has revealed his four year battle with a drugand ...

Helping families cope with addiction
WWLP 22News
Helping individuals and their families overcome the disease of addiction, "AdCare" stands for Alcohol and Drug Care. For 35 years, AdCare has committed itself ...See all stories on this topic »

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Drug Addiction, Alcoholism, Dual Diagnosis

Drug Addiction, Alcoholism and Dual Diagnosis in the Gay and ...
10,000 Couples
Alcoholism and drug addiction is a fatal chronic illness affecting the lives of 20 to ... For those gay addicts or gay alcoholics seeking drug rehab or alcohol rehab, ...

Dealing with his drug addiction
Boston.com
Q. I'm engaged to a man I love deeply. We bring out good things in one another and he is easily the person that I could spend my life with, which is why we're ...

Warning over drug addiction 'miracle cure'
3News NZ
Drug experts are warning addicts against trying a so-called 'miracle cure', saying the side effects could be dangerous or even fatal. Ibogaine, a ...

Glee tribute to Cory Monteith will address his drug addiction issues ...
The Province
Fox says Cory Monteithís addiction-related death will be addressed in the ìGleeî episode bidding farewell to his character, Finn Hudson. Fox Entertainment ...

The Province

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Russia to spend billions to beat drug addiction

Russia to spend billions to beat drug addiction
RBTH Asia
Oleg Zykov, President of the No to Alcoholism and Drug Addiction foundation and a member of the Civic Chamber, doubted that the funds would be used effectively. "There are grounds for believing that, at the local level, the money could flow into ...

Drug addiction resources
NBCNews.com (blog)
The American Society of Addiction Medicine represents thousands of doctors who are dedicated to improving the quality of addiction treatment. Founded by a former member of AlcoholicsAnonymous, the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug ...

Life after suicide: Frank Page's new mission
Washington Post (blog)
In 2009, Melissa Page Strange committed suicide after enduring myriad challenges, from cancer to prescription drug addiction. Now, as the White House unveils a new initiative to combat mental illness, her father has a new calling to help others cope ...

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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, Substance Abuse, Exercise

Drug addiction helped by running, other exercise, study shows
Denver Post
Todd Crandell, left, 46, founder and counselor of Racing for Recovery, chats with Matt Boston, 40, both from Sylvania, Ohio. Racing for Recovery is a fitness-promotion program designed to battle substance abuse. (Madalyn Ruggiero, Chicago Tribune/MCT).

World Recognises Malaysia's Drug Addiction Rehabilitation Approach - Najib
Bernama
He said the world bodies like the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), United Nations Programmme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and the World Health Organisation (WHO), as well as non-governmental organisations involved in anti-drug efforts ...

NRC rolls out campaign against drug addiction
Khaleej Times
The week-long awareness campaign, he said, is part of the NRC's mission to provide outstanding prevention, treatment and rehabilitation services relating to drug and alcohol addiction and implement prevention and health education programs to ensure the ...

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