Officials Cross State Lines to Call for War on Heroin
Officials cross state lines to call for war on heroin
[rewrite]The unions, which have strong ties to the community, contributed $ 10,000 to a billboard campaign designed to bring awareness to the drug problems in the county. Toledo Councilman Jack Ford, who formed Substance Abuse Services Inc. in 1980, released a …[/rewrite]
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Lil' Wayne Says His Adult Lyrics Not Cool for School
[rewrite]The song's lyrics, which included references to sexual acts and drug use, outraged some parents. The teacher was later suspended. Excuse my charisma, vodka with a spritzer/ Swagger down pat, call my s** Patricia,” is the very first line in the song …[/rewrite]
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I Need Help. Drug Addiction?
Question by : I need help. Drug addiction?
[rewrite]So a few months ago I had an accident (OD) and went to the ER. My school convinced my parents I needed rehab but I convinced them otherwise. My school disagreed but whatever. Now I realize I may have a problem. I can’t go a day w out alcohol or Xanax and need 1 or the other to sleep. I also have dreams about doing drugs. And if I had some would definitely smoke some pot and do cocaine. Im scared I’m about to go to college. Is this normal because my friends don’t seem that into it and I like crave it… What to do?
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Parent With Prescription Drug Addiction?
Question by writeyoualetter: Parent with prescription drug addiction?
[rewrite]So my mother is addicted to Morphine, Oxys, Hydrocodone/ine, Muscle Relaxers, Anti-Naseau pills and Tylenol. We are extremely poor. Me and my dad work, she doesn’t. Because he has to buy her so much stuff, I had to get a job to support myself. I’m a senior in college.
Everyday feels like an uphill battle to stay alive. I wake up every morning and think, okay, today I’m going to be alive to go back to bed. But some days it’s really hard to make it back.
Anti-Epileptic Drug Could Help Curb Alcohol Addiction
Anti-epileptic drug could help curb alcohol addiction
[rewrite]"This study represents an important next step in understanding and treating problem drinking," lead author on the study, Henry R. Kranzler, MD, professor of Psychiatry, director of Penn's Center for Studies of Addiction, said. "Our study is the first …[/rewrite]
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DVD previews: 'Afternoon Delight,' 'Zaytoun'
[rewrite]Contains strong sexual content, language and some drug use. Extras include commentary with Soloway and Hahn; a making-of short and six other production featurettes. Advertisement. "Zaytoun" (unrated, 105 minutes, in Hebrew, Arabic and English with …[/rewrite]
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Californians Are More Worried About Kids' Obesity Than Drug Use
Californians Are More Worried About Kids' Obesity Than Drug Use
[rewrite]“Voters strongly support interventions that will reduce risks for these conditions, such as access to free clean drinking water and community health workers to help people live healthier lives in healthier places,” Flores said. That childhood obesity …[/rewrite]
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Heroin and Painkiller Deaths Require Public Health Policies
[rewrite]Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs, that mandate doctors to check patients' existing prescriptions before prescribing opioids, have been followed by an increase in heroin use. Drug policies that unilaterally curb access to prescription opioids can …[/rewrite]
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Phoenix Man Recovering From Heroin Addiction, Sibling Still Struggling
Phoenix man recovering from heroin addiction, sibling still struggling
[rewrite]I went and got help." He did that by going to a methadone clinic and joining the LDS church. He's been clean for two years, and has a new job. Alex had to stop hanging around the drug crowd in Cave Creek. For the most part, he did that but did keep in …[/rewrite]
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Democrat Joe Avellone: If elected Massachusetts governor, creating department …
[rewrite]Avellone says his proposed "Office of Recovery" would be under the Executive Office of Health and Human Services, and the current office that deals with substance abuse, the Massachusetts Bureau of Substance Abuse, would be folded into the new entity.[/rewrite]
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