Drug Addiction in Teens
According to Okuku, out of every five smokers, one will develop cancer. Drug abuse can also lead to mental illness, loss of jobs or dropping out of school. In most cases, addicts commit crimes under the influence of drugs, although this may not save …
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Prescription drug addiction: an equal-opportunity disease
Now the new treatment center offers sixteen beds that are filling up quickly and roughly 20 local jobs for employees. “Drug addiction is an equal opportunity disease and it affects everyone,” said Nauts. “Shaking loose of an addiction to prescription …
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Cooper: Homeless missionary pedals his beliefs
Several years ago, in the midst of the Great Recession, Peters was laid off from his Syracuse job in the automobile parts field. … "I thought most [participants] were drunks and drug addicts," he says, "but they were just looking for a hand up, not a …
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