Treating Opioid Addiction
Re “Addiction Treatment With a Dark Side” (“The Double-Edged Drug” series, front page, Nov. 17): Medications used to treat opioid addiction save lives. And they can be misused. The American Society of Addiction Medicine agrees that all providers are …
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Britain's Gaming Addiction Gets The NMA Treatment
While the above may be in jest, any kind of addiction is no laughing matter. I have stared into the abyss of gaming addiction and it isn't pretty. This isn't to say that you should give up on your current gaming habits, but sprinkling in other …
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Question by Cigar Monkey: Is Democratic poster boy Anthony Weiner still in the sex addiction clinic?
He said he was taking a leave of absence to get “treatment”.

Best answer:

Answer by realistic girl
Do you think anybody cares. There are far more important things to think about.

Answer by Lastname Comma Firstname
The congressman from Oregon tried to “Wu” a teenager

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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Question by Evan: What are your opinions on internet “addiction” being declared a medical problem?
I don’t know how recently or exactly who is doing this, but internet “addiction” is being classified as an actual medical problem. I dont know if it already is or if people are just trying to make it so, but i recently heard about it.

What are your thoughts on this?
I personally think that the people calling it a medical problem and the people that will claim to be addicted to the internet are just looking for some way to justify extensive use of the internet. people are looking for mroe and more ways to put blame on something other than themselves for what they do. its rather pathetic.

Best answer:

Answer by J C
Well, they have to label everything so why not say it is a medical problem? I don’t buy it.

Answer by Dimmu B
Its not a problem,Its stupidity and it cannot be helped.

.5M awarded to help inmates with mental health, addiction problems
Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services awarded $ 1.5 million in November to 12 groups covering 24 counties. Another 23 proposals were rejected, showing the need for services among incarcerated individuals, said Chris Nicastro, chief of …
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Seek help if you suspect drug addiction (with video)
“There are a vast number of symptoms, including major changes in behavior, less participation in family activities and possessions starting to disappear,'' said Kim Fraser, executive director of Lake County Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health …
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Treatment can help addicts regain lives
I respond to the New York Times article “Addiction treatment with a dark side” in the Nov. 17 Dispatch. I am the president of the Ohio chapter of the American Society of Addiction Medicine, which represents a group of physicians dedicated to increasing …
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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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County Considers Expanding Drug Treatment Programs
Santa Clara County needs more drug rehab housing for convicts slated for release under the state's 2011 prison reform measure. In September, a Superior Court judge told the county it has to expand residential treatment centers to accommodate defendants …
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Chris Brown ordered to 90 days of rehab, random drug testing after getting …
Judge James Brandlin ordered Brown to complete another 90 days of residential rehab and submit to periodic drug testing. RELATED: CHRIS BROWN OUT OF REHAB, CONTINUING ANGER TREATMENT. The judge said Brown must stay in Los Angeles …
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