Babies born addicted to drugs: The startling statistics
"I can talk addiction and you know talk recovery, but I live recovery everyday of my life," said Jacobs. Both workers said the instant gratification of getting high does not last long, but has a long lasting-impact. For more information on the Knott …
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Global riot epidemic due to demise of cheap fossil fuels
The hope was that ongoing economic recovery would return to pre-crash levels of growth, alleviating the grievances fueling the fires of civil unrest, stoked by years of recession. But this hasn't happened. And it won't. Instead the post-2008 … The …
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EDITORIAL: Taking on heroin abuse
Although the 46-year-old had battled addiction as a young man, he supposedly had been clean for decades and was said to be a role model of sorts for others on the road to recovery. … The alarming statistics have officials scrambling for ways to …
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Philip Seymour Hoffman's Death Ruled Accidental
The Capote star, who had been clean for two decades recently completed a stint in rehab for his addiction after a relapse. Philip Seymour Hoffman's funeral … Oscar Race in History? Statistics show 12 Years a Slave unlikely to win many awards on the …
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Philip Seymour Hoffman and the truth about curing addiction
It is often condemned by addicts who have successfully become abstinent as allowing those with less will power to continue to use addictive drugs. In the past few years substitution treatment has become politicised, with the Tories arguing that …
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Documentary sheds light on addiction, recovery process
A 2013 documentary, “Anonymous People” was produced in an effort to raise public awareness about the need for long-term recovery from addiction. The documentary also targets the stigma against addiction, citing the stigma as one of the primary reasons …
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Online gambling can exacerbate addiction
Terry Elman, 72, of Morris Plains, the education coordinator for the Council on Compulsive Gambling of New Jersey. He reaches out to seniors and youths, two populations likely to fall prey to online gambling addiction. / Bob Karp/Staff photo …
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Aaron Sorkin: Philip Seymour Hoffman's Death Saved 10 Lives
But whenever there is a death of someone who decided they did not want the way of recovery, for whatever reason, many people do get more serious with their recovery programs. In the end 20 years of recovery or not, all addicts/alkies have today, this …
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Drug help group suggests looking for signs of heroin use
With the recent death of Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman of an apparent overdose, many people are talking about drug abuse. DrugFreeAZ.org CEO Leslie Bloom says parents need to watch their children for signs of heroin abuse. "Typically, heroin is injected …
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Confronting addiction: New England states fight drug abuse in different ways
Maggie Hassan noted the growing drug problem in her State of the State address. But while Shumlin and Hassan see improving treatment and halting addiction before it begins as the way forward, LePage offered a different strategy for combating drug abuse …
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Jason Wahler on Addiction: Philip Seymour Hoffman's Death 'Brought Me Right …
Jason Wahler is the latest celeb to open up about his battle with substance abuse and addiction in the wake of Philip Seymour Hoffman's death. On Thursday, the former The Hills star, 27, wrote a personal essay for The Huffington Post, in which he …
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Philip Seymour Hoffman's Death Highlights Need for New Addiction Treatment …
Addiction Treatment PALM SPRINGS, Calif., Feb. 11, 2014 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Addiction experts are speaking out over Philip Seymour Hoffman's probable overdose death as a tragedy that could have been prevented. But according to Scott …
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Renowned Psychiatrist Joins Lucida Treatment Center
Lucida Treatment Center, a luxury drug rehabilitation and mood disorder program in Florida, welcomes board-certified psychiatrist, award-winning psychotherapist and board-certified addiction psychiatrist Christopher La Tourette La Riche, MD, as its …
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