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State expert says drug addiction at epidemic level
Gary Tennis, secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs, said drug addiction has reached epidemic proportions. One out of every four families … Drug Addiction – Yahoo News Search Results

New Translational Addiction Sciences Center poised to make headway in treatment of addiction
( University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston ) The National Institute on Drug Abuse has awarded a five-year, $ 6.6 million grant to the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston to establish the Translational Addiction Sciences Center. The center will investigate the mechanisms underlying addiction with the goal of discovering and validating novel treatment options. Drug Addiction – Yahoo News Search Results

Mom outraged by classroom exercise mimicking drug addiction
A lesson at a local high school has students pretending to be drug addicts.   One mother says it sends the wrong message.   Students in a sociology class at Locust Grove High School in Henry County were asked to take part in a drug addiction simulation.   In the project, their teacher plays the role of a drug dealer supplying the students.   "It's absolutely inappropriate, and I find it … Drug Addiction – Yahoo News Search Results    Read more...

Client Testimony for Valiant Recovery, Addiction Treatment program – After being to 4 other drug and alcohol treatment programs including Passages this client came to Valiant Recovery. Here is what he had to say about our Luxu…

Locking up Detroit drug dealers won’t stop drug abuse, officials say – Youngstown Vindicator

Locking up Detroit drug dealers won't stop drug abuse, officials say Youngstown Vindicator The headlines in Warren over the past couple of years have chronicled the relationship between Detroit drug dealers and Warren crime. Recently, Detroit native and drug dealer Derrick Peete got a life prison sentence for his role in a shocking Sunday …

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Senate panel on drug abuse sets hearing in Berkshires – Berkshire Eagle

Senate panel on drug abuse sets hearing in Berkshires Berkshire Eagle The Senate Special Committee on Drug Abuse and Treatment Options is inviting testimony from law enforcement officials, district attorneys, sheriffs, police and fire officials, health centers, treatment providers, medical professionals, family advocates …

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Christie speaks with compassion on drug addiction and treatment – CNN (blog)    Read more...

Prescription drugs addiction – Lindsay Gregg’s story – Lindsay Gregg tells her story of addiction to prescription drugs and how it ruined the relationship with her family.

Alice Cooper Talks Super Duper New Documentary, Recalls Conquering His …
The movie also examines Cooper's struggles with alcohol and drug abuse during the 1970s and early '80s, and his reemergence as a clean-and-sober elder rock statesman. Super Duper Alice Cooper combines archival footage and photos, animated …
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Film to talk alcohol, drug recovery, addiction
“The Anonymous People,” a documentary film, focuses on the 23.5 million Americans living in long-term recovery from drug and alcohol addiction. The film will be shown Wednesday evening in the Gluck Theatre. Long-term treatments, such as anonymous, …
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Alcoholism: The Not-So-Funny Equal Opportunist
Well, I hope that drugs and alcohol never affect your life or the life of someone you love like they have affected mine and my family, not to mention the other millions of people affected directly and indirectly by the disease of addiction — the …
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BUSM Researchers Find Anti-Seizure Drug May Reduce Alcohol Consumption
… anti-seizure drug ezogabine, reduced alcohol consumption in an experimental model. The findings, reported in the American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, may lead to more effective treatments for alcoholism. Excessive consumption of alcohol is …
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Idaho-alcoholism treatment center – http://www.transformationstreatment.com/idaho-alcoholism-drug-abuse-treatment/ Idaho is the 13th largest state in the United States and has a total populatio…