A Sobering Story: Addicts Must Confront Their Demons, Experts Say
A Sobering Story: Addicts must confront their demons, experts say
[rewrite]So people tend to still see it as a moral weakness,” said Vince Mercuri, executive director of The Open Door Alcohol & Other Drug Treatment Center in Indiana. However, addiction is not a moral failing, and brain-imaging techniques have helped to show …[/rewrite]
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Heroin use, treatment on rise in Indiana
[rewrite]And according to 2012 results from the Indiana College Substance Abuse Survey, Indiana college students reported they had used heroin within the last year at four times the national rate, 0.4 percent compared with 0.1 percent. Heroin use by race has …[/rewrite]
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An Overview Of The Weight Loss Drugs Industry
[rewrite]The Affordable Care Act, also known as ObamaCare, seeks to tackle the problem by forcing obese Americans to enroll in wellness programs. The Act insists on … The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had previously been very strict as far as giving …[/rewrite]
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Titan Pharmaceuticals Announces Fourth Quarter and Year End 2013 Financial …
[rewrite]Before the year 2000, medication-assisted therapies for opioid dependence had been sanctioned to a limited number of facilities in the U.S. The Drug Addiction Treatment Act of 2000 (DATA 2000) allowed medical office-based treatment of opioid dependence …[/rewrite]
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Bain Capital Has Seen the Economy's Future, and It Is Heroin Addicts
Bain Capital Has Seen the Economy's Future, and It Is Heroin Addicts
[rewrite]Well, it's "hard to find a good methadone clinic,'' and there's always the possibility that municipal treatment clinics could shut down for lack of funds, Boston-area drug counselor Dr. Kevin Hill tells the Globe. That could leave Bain's mills as the …[/rewrite]
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For Heroin Treatment, Testing A New Drug And 'Peddling Hope'
[rewrite]But Ray Tamasi, who runs Gosnold, a network of addiction treatment facilities on Cape Cod, says the benefits of Vivitrol have persuaded him to use it instead of traditional treatment drugs that can themselves be addictive. “[Vivitrol] does seem to help …[/rewrite]
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Northern Highlands Students Hear From Recovering Addicts
Northern Highlands students hear from recovering addicts
[rewrite]Both Kristen and Patricia, recovering alcohol and drug addicts, said there was no place they'd rather be than speaking to Northern Highlands students about their experiences at an April 3 assembly. "If I can just reach out and make a difference … "I …[/rewrite]
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Officials urge residents to turn in unneeded prescription drugs
[rewrite]As Massachusetts grapples with a surge in heroin overdoses, top elected officials urged residents Monday to scour medicine cabinets and remove unneeded prescription drugs that can act as a gateway to addiction. Mayor Martin J. Walsh and 10 members of …[/rewrite]
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Is Drug Rehab Effective for a Person With Addiction? and What Are the Services Offered by the Center?
Question by Mill Boon: Is drug rehab effective for a person with addiction? And what are the services offered by the center?
[rewrite]It’s because I want to enter my brother in a rehab center because of his addiction to cocaine. Also, can somebody give me an idea on how long the treatment process would probably take?
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Answer by hypejack
Drug rehabilitation is the only way to treat addiction to a particular drug or substance. Cocaine addiction is a serious disease that needs comprehensive treatment process like detoxification, counseling and other addiction recovery program.