Addiction Called Health 'crisis'
Addiction called health 'crisis'
[rewrite]… struggling with substance abuse, rather than leave them at risk of an overdose. Throughout the hearing, lawmakers and state officials ranging from Public Health Commissioner Cheryl Bartlett to Department of Corrections Commissioner Luis Spencer …[/rewrite]
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mtvU, Macklemore & More to Tackle Prescription Drug Abuse on College …
[rewrite]The effort leverages the power of real stories to illuminate the unintended consequences of prescription drug abuse and help college students who are overwhelmed and stressed realize there are better ways to deal with the pressure. Today, mtvU and …[/rewrite]
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Meeting Targets Prescription Drug Abuse
Meeting targets prescription drug abuse
[rewrite]COLUMBUS — Polk County community leaders will come together today to discuss the growing problem of prescription drug abuse, addiction to pain medication and unintentional drug overdose. The dinner meeting will take place starting at 5:30 p.m. at the …[/rewrite]
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Vt. drug–abuse film goes national
[rewrite]RUTLAND — Vermont filmmaker Bess O'Brien figured she was finished with her drug-abuse documentary “The Hungry Heart” after its Green Mountain premiere last fall. Then Gov. … People can relate to human stories — they hit you in a way statistics don't.”[/rewrite]
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ATLANTA RECOVERY CENTER Prescription Drug Abuse Pt 3.
ATLANTA RECOVERY CENTER prescription drug abuse Pt 3. — The Narconon New Life Detoxification Program has resulted in astonishing improvements in students who consistently report: – Ability to think more clearly. -…
Science|Blazing Trails in Brain Science
[rewrite]Not long after, animal rights marchers began filling the street: scores of people, young and old, yelling accusations of murder and abuse, invoking Hitler, as neighbors stepped out onto their porches and stared. It was 1997, in Decatur, Ga. The …[/rewrite]
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White Girl: 'I'M Tired of Being Looked at Like Prey'
White girl: 'I'm tired of being looked at like prey'
[rewrite]“I'm tired of living next to a beautiful park that I'm scared to walk into at any time of day, thanks to regular stories of day-time muggings, drug dealing and gang violence.” …. “I think the problem here is that many white and/or upper/middle-class …[/rewrite]
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Chronicle AM — February 11, 2014
[rewrite]Maryland Good Samaritan 911 Overdose Prevention Bill Proposed. Delegate Jon Cardin (D-Baltimore) today proposed a bill that would offer limited immunity for nonviolent drug possession charges if that person contacts police or emergency personnel for …[/rewrite]
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Addiction & Families: Post-Treatment
Addiction & Families: Post-Treatment — Cathy Patterson-Sterling, Director of Family Services for Sunshine Coast Health Centre talks about why it is important not to try and “expert-manage” your lo…
Spare a Thought For the Families of Addicts
[rewrite]In the wake of the death of Phillip Seymour Hoffman it seems everyone is writing about addiction, about the addict, explaining their pain, their suffering and helping us feel compassion. It is desperately sad when someone succumbs to the throes of …[/rewrite]
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