Sleeping Pill Addiction
However, It is important to note that sleeping pill addiction can lead to deterioration in the quality of life and there are possible health consequences as well. The dangers associated with sleeping pill addiction will depend on the type of drug that …
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Danger Lurks in Dirt Track Racing
“It's like a bad addiction,” said Donny Schatz, a five-time dirt track champion who was a friend of Leffler's. “It's something you grow to love and … But it does not mandate the types of safety barriers typically used in Nascar. The race in which …
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You really are addicted to your cellphone
With respect to experimental studies, it's much easier to get negative results because all you have to do is study the wrong cell type. Younger cells are more vulnerable than older cells. So if you study adult cells—and really, effects are mostly in …
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Drug Abuse and Recovery
Nancy Shute interviews David Sheff and his son, Nic Sheff, about their struggle with drug abuse. Nic Sheff wrote the book "Tweak" about his meth addiction and his father David wrote "Beautiful Boy" from his perspective on being the father of a drug addict.
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New approach for reducing drug abuse
Critics of the "war on drugs" point to the limited success of current strategies for reducing drug abuse and argue that a new approach is needed. Such an approach may now be on the horizon within the covers of a new book by New York Times best-selling …
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Clearview Treatment Programs Clinical Director to Present on DBT and …
Clearview Treatment Programs in Venice Beach, Calif., is a premier provider of mental health and addiction treatment. Clearview provides highly individualized treatment programs for people with psychiatric disorders, alcohol and drug addictions, and …
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Pregnancy Adds Challenge for Teens Treated for Drug Abuse, Report Says
THURSDAY, May 9 (HealthDay News) — Half of pregnant teens in substance-abuse treatment programs used alcohol or drugs in the month before they entered treatment. And nearly 20 percent used drugs or alcohol on a daily basis during that month, …
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Substance-abuse treatment program goals bring Republican Chris Christie …
The New Jersey Republican governor appeared on Wednesday with former Garden State governor Jim McGreevey, a Democrat, at a local jail to meet with a group of incarcerated women participating in a substance-abuse-treatment program. RELATED: JIM …
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'Clean,' by David Sheff
It must be the purest agony to be the parent of a child succumbing to drug addiction. David Sheff's previous book was an account of his son Nic's descent from a thoughtful boy to a sullen pothead to a self-destructive methamphetamine fiend, and of his …
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Isabel Allende on "Maya's Notebook," Drug Addiction, 1973 Chilean Coup …
The best-selling Chilean novelist Isabel Allende is out with a new book, "Maya's Notebook: A Novel." It tells the story of a teenager named Maya Vidal and her struggles with drug addiction, grief and history. Although a work of fiction, the story is …
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Tom Sizemore discusses drug abuse in autobiographical book
It refers to a man who, by his own admission, is nothing but a "spoiled movie star," "an arrogant fool" who at one point is a "hope-to-die" an addict. The book, which was released on April 9, gives the reader a a behind-the-scenes look at the actor's …
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David Sheff: Watching my son become a drug addict
I wrote about the years our family lived through his addiction in the book Beautiful Boy. Readers of it and of Nic's own books — a pair of memoirs, Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines and We All Fall Down— know many of the gory details. Over the …
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Letter: Drug, alcohol treatment often a better alternative than prison
The statistics were eye-opening and deeply disturbing, and the thought of drug dealers moving from Chicago and Milwaukee to Manitowoc because of their seeing here a brand new market was not only scary but something provoking anger. But one … Their …
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Q1: Crime rate up 2.7pct, drug cases surge by 70pct
The Central District Advisory Committee for Community Services has pushed for the implementation of compulsory drug rehabilitation for recently reported drug using cases among Macau youths. A high school student was … Mok indicated that the reasons …
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Feeling lucky?
An estimated 7.3 percent of New Yorkers have a lifetime prevalence for problem gambling, the highest rate in the nation, Acquilano said citing statistics gathered by the NYS Office of Alcohol and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS). “What we're seeing is …
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Addicts in West Virginia not getting the help they need
Crum and other law enforcement officials worked to close a number of pain clinics in southern West Virginia, but former Wood County Sheriff Jeff Sandy says some doctors are still doling out painkillers to addicts who crush the pills to get high …
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New Law Gives Parents Behind Bars in Washington State a Way to Hold Onto …
Alise Hegle gave birth to her daughter while facing a seven-year sentence for her meth addiction. Her daughter was born two months early and tested positive for a small amount of meth … In 2010 New York passed its ASFA Expanded Discretion Act …
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