Meet Carl Hart, the Scientist Debunking America's Myths About Drugs
Dispelling the myths surrounding drug abuse and addiction is precisely the goal of Hart's new book, High Price: A Neuroscientist's Journey of Self-Discovery That Challenges Everything You Know About Drugs and Society. Hart's autobiography weaves …
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New Xulon Book is a True Journey from Addiction to Redemption
"It is my deepest desire that each person who reads 'Just Right' will have a greater sense of understanding regarding alcoholism and drug addiction," states the author. "[The most important thing about this book is] that there is always hope for the …
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Demi Lovato Is A New York Times Best-Selling Author As Her First Book Hits The …
The book is aimed to help the Heart Attack singer's fans through tough times, after the star battled through her own problems with drug addiction and depression in recent years, culminating in a rehab stint at the end of 2010. Staying Strong has proved …
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Darren McCarty book excerpt: Claude Lemieux fight was more than revenge
In “My Last Fight” — the title comes from how McCarty says he views his substance-abuse addiction — features passages like this: “Cocaine was never my drug of choice. I'm a weed and alcohol guy. But if cocaine was around, I used it, primarily as a …
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Imbruvica, Drug to Treat Blood Cancer, Gains FDA Approval
Imbruvica will cost about $ 91 a pill, with four pills taken together once a day. That works out to about $ 10,900 a month, or more than $ 130,000 a year, in line with the recent trend of ever-increasing cancer drug prices. Robert W. Duggan, chief …
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Will The New Hepatitis C Drugs Trigger A Battle Over Cost?
As excitement mounts among physicians and investors over a new batch of drugs for treating hepatitis C, there is also concern that patients in developing countries may not have sufficient access due to high prices. But a recent poster presentation at a …
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This drug could make a huge dent in heroin addiction. So why isn't it used more?
This is a major challenge and opportunity in the Affordable Care Act, which greatly expands access to substance abuse treatment services. This week, the New York Times' Deborah Sontag published an extensive two-part series, “Addiction treatment with a …
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Addiction News
For the latest addiction news, bookmark This Just In. From legal matters and celebrity troubles to addiction studies and recovery stories, this section features the hottest topics in alcohol and drug abuse news. We sort out the sometimes overwhelming …
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Dirt bags, losers and miracles
Not everyone was sold on the concept of drug court, of course. Some people, including a number in the church and in law enforcement, believe that drug addicts or alcoholics are “dirt bags and losers” who have made their own beds and should be deserving …
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Khloe Kardashian Divorce? Lamar Odom Opens to Cheating With Mistress and …
Khloe Kardashian Divorce? Lamar Odom Opens to Cheating With Mistress and Crack Addiction With Rap VIDEO Will 'Keeping Up With Kardashians' Star Stay By Husband's Side? … Although Kardashian has stuck by her husband's side through his drug and …
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Collin County group serves growing hidden homeless youth population
Some are infants whose mothers are addicted to drugs. Others are youths who've been abused or neglected. … In cases where families can be put back together, parents might receive counseling, too. After the 90-day period many children are placed back …
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New York Times Misses Mark on Buprenorphine Drug
To treat opioid addiction, we need options that include both behavioral psychosocial counseling and medications. Buprenorphine is not a miracle drug, but it does allow many people to gain control over their addiction. So what can we do to address the …
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Question by Anty: What are the long term effects of being born addicted to drugs?
The immediate effects on an infant are the withdrawal symptoms and failure to thrive and bond with the caregiver. Are there any long term effects? As in, during the toddler or teenage years. Are any effects seen when they’re older?
What do you mean by “funny”? I’m asking a serious question.

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Answer by MyNickname
Funny how u used “long term”……

Answer by J Olsen
Check the following article

“The Effects of Substance Abuse on the Development of Children: Educational Implications” by Colleen Meade.

http://www.teach-nology.com/tutorials/teaching/abuse/

Addiction Specialists Wary of New Painkiller
Addiction Specialists Wary of New Painkiller. By BARRY MEIER. Published: November 15, 2013. Addiction experts protested loudly when the Food and Drug Administration approved a powerful new opioid painkiller last month, saying that it would set off a …
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Authorities battle prescription drug abuse
The illegal use and distribution of prescription narcotic drugs is on the rise in St. Joseph, according to the Buchanan County Drug Strike Force. “The addiction levels for narcotic prescription pills are in some cases worse than meth,” said Terry White …
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The Media Needs to Stop Stigmatizing Our Best Weapon Against…
What they wanted to talk about most of all was painkiller drug abuse, which has been wreaking havoc in Appalachia and many other parts of the country (prescription drug abuse is up 36 percent since 2002, according to the federal government, afflicting …
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Mayor Ford slated to give cenotaph speech; said to be mulling treatment
In another sign Toronto's embattled mayor intends to move forward with his business-as-usual message, Rob Ford is slated to deliver the main address at the city's Remembrance Day ceremony on Monday. As is customary, the mayor's remarks … of Toronto …
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At Clinics, Tumultuous Lives and Turbulent Care
He considered opioid addiction “a hopeless disease,” with patients leaving rehab and then relapsing and sometimes dying, until he started prescribing Suboxone, the brand-name drug whose main ingredient is buprenorphine, as a maintenance therapy in 2004 …
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