Drug Addiction in the News

Drug Addiction: Martin Sheen Advocates for Drug Courts on Capitol Hill
ABC News’ Arlette Saenz (@arlettesaenz) reports: Actor Martin Sheen advocated on behalf of Drug Courts today on Capitol Hill, urging Congress to maintain funding for the rehabilitation program. “My first exposure to Drug Court began nearly 20 years ago. It…
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Drug Addiction: Cocaine Addiction Uses Same Brain Paths as Salt Cravings
Drugs such as heroin and cocaine may owe some of their addictive powers to an ancient instinct—our appetite for salt.
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Drug Addiction: Looking Back 1929: Drug addiction in the 1920s
Most people think of drug addiction as a modern problem, but it has been around for a long time, just not in the obvious forms that we see it today.
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Drug Addiction: BronteTrailer.m4v

It is 1845. Branwell Brontë returns home in disgrace. Plagued by alcohol and drug addiction, he has been dismissed from domestic service following an affair with the mistress of the house. As their brother descends into alcoholism and insanity, bringing chaos to the household, the sisters write… Brontë beautifully evokes the real and imagined worlds of the Brontës, in a production in which their fictional characters come to haunt their creators. This production of Brontë opens in Oxford in March, before playing in London and across the UK. Tour Dates: Thursday 24 March to Saturday 2 April OXFORD PLAYHOUSE Beaumont Street, Oxford OX1 2LW Ticket Office: 01865 305305 www.oxfordplayhouse.com Tuesday 5 to Saturday 30 April TRICYCLE THEATRE 269 Kilburn High Road, London NW6 7JR Box Office: 020 7328 1000 www.tricycle.co.uk Tuesday 10 to Saturday 14 May RICHMOND THEATRE The Green, Richmond TW9 1QJ Box Office: 0844 871 7651 (fees apply) www.ambassadortickets.com/richmond Tuesday 17 to Saturday 21 May THEATRE ROYAL BATH Sawclose, Bath BA1 1ET Box Office: 01225 448844 www.theatreroyal.org.uk Tuesday 24 to Saturday 28 May WEST YORKSHIRE PLAYHOUSE Playhouse Square, Quarry Hill, Leeds LS2 7UP Box Office: 0113 213 7700 www.wyp.org.uk Wednesday 1 to Saturday 4 June CITIZENS THEATRE, GLASGOW 119 Gorbals Street, Glasgow G5 9DS Box Office: 0141 429 0022 www.citz.co.uk
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