Silent Danger: Living With a Secret Addiction
Silent danger: Living with a secret addiction
Alex Bunting, head of Corporate Services at FASA (Forum for Action on Substance Abuse) in Northern Ireland, said that such experiences are not uncommon: "The whole stigma attached to substance misuse still exists and that is a key element in people …
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State revokes license of store that sold drugs to patients who died
"If [the Jay Scott pharmacists] contributed to the drug addiction, they contributed to the end result: Death," the 47-page report by board President Stan C. Weisser said. The revocation order was issued Dec. 27 and took effect Monday. The board took …
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MLHD says crystal meth is rife in the Riverina
The new Murrumbidgee District Mental Health Director says the use of crystal methamphetamine and ice is rife and the impact is violence. Dr Anthony Samuels says the majority of patients admitted with mental illness have a substance abuse problem.
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Mary Jane comes to psychiatry
Suddenly we have an entirely new crop of potential psychiatric patients, ripe for “stress relief” programs, “substance abuse” programs, psychiatric drugs to “treat” the side effects of smoking pot, and mental health “research” projects about how pot …
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