Archive for the ‘Drug Addiction’ Category
Study: 22M Americans Struggle With Addiction
Study: 22M Americans struggle with addiction
Colts owner Jim Irsay is in a treatment facility after his Sunday night arrest, and experts say he has become the latest example of how addiction can affect anyone. Drug Addiction – Yahoo News Search Results
When Are You Technically “addicted” to Something?
Question by t.: when are you technically “addicted” to something?
i use lortabs, pot, and alcohol quite often. i’ve tried to quit everything but bad times, and i end up back to them all, usually even harder then before. what i want to know is when can you technically say you have an “addiction”?
Best answer:
Answer by Tomiko
You can’t get enough of it, you can’t stop.
Answer by Maniac Gamer
You are addicted when you feel the need for it and the desire for the thing takes control of you.
'I'm a drug addict and I enjoy being high': Top baseball prospect, 22, opens …
His stint in rehab allowed him to quit using marijuana and he said he hasn't smoked since – a span of more than a year – even though he was moved to Houston's 40-man roster in October and can no longer be tested for the drug. Last season when he made …
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Marijuana Is Less Addictive Than Chocolate
Marijuana Is Less Addictive Than Chocolate
NEW YORK ( MainStreet ) — Claiming that marijuana is less addictive than chocolate, Pennsylvania State Senator Daylin Leach (D-Montgomery County), also a Pennsylvania congressional candidate, has met strong opposition from addiction and drug policy experts. Drug Addiction – Yahoo News Search Results
Macaulay Culkin Living With Drug Addiction – Macaulay Culkin lands at JFK Airport from California, where he was a guest at Natalie Portman’s wedding. We ask . According to a shocking new tabloid repor…
A Fascinating and Frightening Look at Pot Growers' Environmental Impacts
A fascinating and frightening look at pot growers' environmental impacts
Still, it was an eye-popping experience to read the new Mother Jones investigative feature on "The Landscape-Scarring, Energy-Sucking, Wildlife-Killing Reality of Pot Farming: This your wilderness on drugs." Excerpt: To meet demand, researchers say …
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Casey, local law enforcement push for federal bill to stem growing opioid tide
Bob Casey and local law enforcement officials said Tuesday they are pushing for federal legislation to prevent opioid abuse, strengthening "high-risk" prescription monitoring methods and new measures to prevent prescription drugs from "falling into the …
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Lawyer sentenced for helping Phoenix businessmen
Authorities believe drug use was likely a factor after a Phoenix woman was severely burned over half of her body near Union Hills and 19th Avenue Tuesday morning. Authorities believe drug use was likely a factor after a Phoenix woman was severely …
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Gerald and Betty Ford's Daughter Continues Their Projects
Gerald and Betty Ford's daughter continues their projects
Susan Ford Bales, daughter of former President Gerald Ford and Betty Ford, with Tennessean reporter Shelley DuBois about how health care reform could affect substance abuse treatment and why bringing an addiction out in the open was one of the best things that happened to her family. Drug Addiction – Yahoo News Search Results
Burma's opium problem
Drug trade – and addiction – is running wild along Burma's jagged frontier Drug Addiction – Yahoo News Search Results
Fewer number of drug addicts last year — AADK
KUCHING: The number of new and repeat drug addicts in the country has shown a decline of 1,390 […] Drug Addiction – Yahoo News Search Results
Drug Addiction – Triggers and Craving – Drug addiction develops over time from prolonged substance use which typically occurs in various places and with different people. When a person decides to c…
Horrors of Drug Addiction on Display at Syosset Forum – Newsday
Horrors of drug addiction on display at Syosset forum – Newsday
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Horrors of drug addiction on display at Syosset forum
Newsday Changes in grades, mood, weight, sleep patterns, friends. Extreme emotions. Scratching. Missing money, or missing pills from the medicine cabinet. At a forum to educate parents about the dangers of heroin and opioid addiction, Nassau Assistant District … |
Letters from Readers: Snow days, drug addiction – The Courier-Journal
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Letters from Readers: Snow days, drug addiction
The Courier-Journal A plea to forgive snow days this and every year: If we make decisions with the child as our guiding force, more hours and make-up days when they are already exhausted and overscheduled, would not be at the top of the list. Streamlining the rest of the … |
VIDEO: Recovering drug addicts and parents share painful lessons, hope – Poughkeepsie Journal