Drug Addiction: Drug-Addicted Evacuees Suffered Crippling Withdrawal Effects in Ottawa – the Vancouver Sun
Drug Addiction: Drug-addicted evacuees suffered crippling withdrawal effects in Ottawa – The Vancouver Sun
OTTAWA — When 270 tired evacuees from remote Kingfisher Lake landed in Ottawa last summer to escape forest fires, the prescription drug addiction epidemic that has a grip on their community came with them. Soon after settling into Algonquin …
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Drug Addiction: Pain medications carry potential for drug abuse – Chattanooga Times Free Press
Hydrocodone, a prescription drug, is a highly addictive medication with a split personality. On the one hand, it often is a blessing to those in severe pain. On the other, it can be a curse, a drug that — in the wrong hands — is the United …
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Drug Addiction: Conroe man wages war on substance abuse, addiction – Your Houston News
When it comes to dealing with drug and alcohol addiction, the ongoing support of friends and family is every bit as important as identifying the problem and signing up for treatment. That’s the sentiment of James Patterson, founder and CEO of Allied …
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Drug Addiction: ESPN Films – Unguarded Part 5/6
Chris Herren of Fall River, Mass., was a high school basketball standout who battled the pressures of making it big from an early age. After dropping out of Boston College, Chris landed on Jerry Tarkanian’s notorious Fresno State team, where players were likely to be found on both police blotters and All-American lists. Chris failed drug tests at BC and Fresno State, but he was so talented that he was drafted into the NBA anyway, ending up with the Boston Celtics. But at the moment he was realizing his childhood dream of becoming a star for the home team, Chris was falling in a 10-year-long spiral of addiction. He bounced from team to team, country to country. Ultimately, Chris, the youngest and most talented of three generations of local heroes, has found redemption and personal fulfillment through the game, but only after it led him literally around the world, down a path of alcohol and drug addiction that nearly killed him.
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